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Family: Georyssidae

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Coleoptera (beetles) > Polyphaga > Superfamily: Hydrophyloidea

Small, aquatic beetles, adults living in mud and gravel along the margins of still or slow-moving water. One known species in southern Africa but there are evidently a number of other undescribed species from this region.