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Suborder: Myxophaga
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda
> Insecta
(insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola >
Holometabola > Coleoptera
(beetles)
Tiny beetles (< 2 mm long) that are
associated with aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats. There are about 60
described species worldwide, of which less than 10 occur
in southern Africa.
Families in southern Africa
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Hydroscaphidae
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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Microsporidae
Tiny beetles, which are aquatic in the larval stage.
One known species from southern Africa.
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Torridincolidae
(torrent beetles)
Tiny aquatic beetles (< 2 mm long). In southern Africa
known mainly from
perennial mountain streams.
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Sphaeriidae
Minute beetles (< 1 mm long) with
clubbed antennae. Adults and larvae live at the edge of streams in mud and
gravel. Likely to occur in southern Africa but not yet recorded.
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