Hydrophiloidea
Encyclopedia
Hydrophiloidea is a superfamily
of beetle
s. Until recently it only included a single family, the water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae), but several of the subfamilies have been removed and raised to family rank.
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
of beetle
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s. Until recently it only included a single family, the water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae), but several of the subfamilies have been removed and raised to family rank.