Kingdom Animalia Infraorder Staphyliniformia Phylum Arthropoda Rank Superfamily | Suborder Polyphaga Scientific name Hydrophiloidea Higher classification Staphyliniformia Order Beetle | |
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Lower classifications Hydrophilidae, Hydrochus | ||
Hydrophiloidea is a superfamily of beetles. Until recently it was only a single family, the water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae), but several of the subfamilies have been removed and raised to family rank.
The present list of recognized families is thus:
The Histeroidea seem to be very closely related and may be part of an extended Hydrophiloidea clade; some researchers have proposed merging the two superfamilies into one.
References
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