Family:
Hydraenidae
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> Insecta
(insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola >
Holometabola > Coleoptera
(beetles)
> Polyphaga > Superfamily:
Hydrophyloidea
Aquatic beetles found in mountain streams, stagnant waters
and saline pools. They are able to move about on the underside of the water
meniscus. Larvae are also aquatic and have been found to feed on
filamentous algae.
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