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Family Helophoridae

underwater beetle - Helophorus Tiny Aquatic Beetle - Helophorus  Beetles Genus Helophorus - Helophorus Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Helophorus Helophorus? - Helophorus Helophorus? - Helophorus Helophorus - Helophorus linearis - male Helophorus tuberculatus? - Helophorus tuberculatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Helophoridae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly treated as a subfamily of Hydrophilidae
Explanation of Names
Helophoridae Leach 1815
Numbers
a single genus, with ~40 spp. in our area and ~210 total(1)
Range
holarctic
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Life