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Family Hydrochidae

Hydrochus - Hydrochus subcupreus Hydrochus subcupreus Hydrophilidae - Hydrochus - Hydrochus Beetle - Hydrochus Small, muddy beetle - Hydrochus Hydrochus squamifer - male Hydrochus sp. - Hydrochus Hydrochus sp. - Hydrochus
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 Hydrochidae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly treated as a subfamily of Hydrophilidae
Explanation of Names
Hydrochidae Thomson 1859
Numbers
family cotains a single genus(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.