Family: Hydroscaphidae
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> Insecta
(insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola >
Holometabola > Coleoptera (beetles)
> Suborder: Myxophaga
Tiny aquatic beetles with clubbed antennae. Larvae and
adults feed on jelly-like algae. Likely to occur in southern Africa but not
yet recorded.
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