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  COLEOPTERA
Number of ventrites 6 or 7 without ventrites connate.
Hydroscaphidae are minute beetles with shortened elytra and resemble some small staphylinids.
Hydroscaphids have been collected in streams, pools and hot springs; they feed on algae growing on rocks.
www.inbio.ac.cr /EN/papers/coleoptera/HYDROSIN.html   (73 words)

  
 Beetle - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Archostemata contains four families of mainly wood-eating beetles, including reticulated beetles (Cupedidae) and telephone-pole beetles (Micromalthidae).
Myxophaga contains about 100 described species in four families, mostly very small, including skiff beetles (Hydroscaphidae) and minute bog beetles (Sphaeriusidae).
These suborders diverged in the Permian and Triassic.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Beetle   (2017 words)

  
 Water Beetles of China Vol.1
It deals with 18 families of aquatic and semiaquatic beetles: Hydroscaphidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Amphizoidae, Hygrobiidae, Haliplidae, Gyrinidae, Hydraenidae, Hydrochidae, Helophoridae, Hydrophilidae, Scirtidae, Elmidae, Dryopidae, Heteroceridae, Psephenidae, Eulichadidae, and Curculionidae.
The introduction by Jäch and Ji contains valuable background information on the China Water Beetle Survey, the history of the water beetle research in China, a list of Chinese water beetle specialists, and a list of Chinese institutions housing water beetle collections.
Abstract: The Hydroscaphidae of China and neighbouring countries are listed.
www.nhm-wien.ac.at /nhm/2Zoo/coleoptera/publications/vol1.html   (2042 words)

  
 Skiff beetle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The skiff beetles are a small family (Hydroscaphidae) of water beetles, consisting of 13 species in three genera.
Tree of Life entry for Hydroscaphidae, with pictures
Rolf G. Beutel page on 3D modelling of larvae heads
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skiff_beetle   (238 words)

  
 Hydroscapha
Reichardt, H. A critical study of the suborder Myxophaga, with a taxonomic revision of the Brazilian Torridincolidae and Hydroscaphidae (Coleoptera).
On the New World beetles of the family Hydroscaphidae.
Tree of Life design and icons copyright © 1995-2004 Tree of Life Project.
tolweb.org /tree?group=Hydroscapha   (175 words)

  
 Hydroscaphidae
Phylogenetic analysis of Myxophaga (Coleoptera) using larval characters.
A critical study of the suborder Myxophaga, with a taxonomic revision of the Brazilian Torridincolidae and Hydroscaphidae (Coleoptera).
Reichardt, H. Relationships between Hydroscaphidae and Torridincolidae, based on larvae and pupae, with the description of the immature stages of Scaphydra angra (Coleoptera, Myxophaga).
tolweb.org /tree?group=Hydroscaphidae&contgroup=Myxophaga   (322 words)

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