Overview
Hydraenidae is a family of very small beetles with a worldwide distribution. These beetles are generally 1-3 mm in length (although some species reach 7 mm) with clubbed antennae. They do not swim well and are generally found crawling in marginal vegetation. Most are phytophagous but a few saprophagous and predatory species are known.
The larvae, although preferring damp habitats near water, are non-aquatic and tend to drown easily.
Subfamilies
- Ochthebiinae
- Hydraeninae
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Taxonomy
The Family Hydraenidae is a member of the Superfamily Staphylinoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Hydraenidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Order: Coleoptera
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Beetles
- Suborder: Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
- Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
- Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
- Family: Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844 - Minute Moss Beetles
- Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
- Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
- Suborder: Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
- Order: Coleoptera
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Beetles
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Hydraenidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (11): Aleocharinae · Limnebiinae · Nicrophorinae · Osoriinae · Oxytelinae · Paederinae · Piestinae · Scaphidiinae · Staphylininae · Steninae · Xantholininae
- Tribe (12): Aleocharini · Batrisini · Brachyglutini · Bythinini · Callicerini · Euplectini · Homalotini · Myllaenini · Pselaphini · Staphylinini · Tyrini · Xantholinini
- Genus (192): Acolonia · Acrotrichis · Actiastes · Actium · Actizona · Adranes · Aleochara · Allobrox · Allotrimium · Amblopusa · Anchylarthron · Anitra · Anotylus · Apharus · Aploderus · Apocellus · Arianops · Arthmius · Atheta · Atinus · Aulacochthebius · Balega · Batriasymmodes · Batrisodes · Belonuchus · Berdura · Bibloplectus · Bibloporus · Biotus · Bledius · Bontomtes · Brachygluta · Briaraxis · Bythinoplectus · Caccoplectus · Cafius · Cedius · Ceophyllus · Clavilispinus · Conoplectus · Coprophilus · Creophilus · Cryptobium · Ctenisis · Ctenisodes · Cupila · Custotychus · Cylindrarctus · Dalmonexus · Dalmosanus · Dalmosella · Decarthron · Deleaster · Diaulota · Diestota · Discozantaena · Eleusis · Emplenota · Enicocerus · Ephimia · Euboarhexius · Euconnus · Eudiestota · Euphalepsus · Euplecterga · Euplectus · Eupsenius · Eutyphlus · Falagria · Foveoscapha · Fustiger · Gabrius · Gymnochthebius · Haasellia · Hadrotes · Hamotus · Hatchia · Hesperotychus · Holocorynus · Holotrochus · Homalota · Homoeotarsus · Hydraena · Hypotelus · Leptacinus · Leptoplectus · Leurocorynus · Limnebius · Liophaena · Liparocephalus · Lispinodes · Lispinus · Lithocharis · Lucifotychus · Machaerodes · Manda · Mayetia · Medon · Megarafonus · Melba · Meropathus · Mesoceration · Micragasma · Mipseltyrus · Mitosynum · Myllaena · Myrmecopora · Nacaeus · Nearctitychus · Neopselaphus · Neotyrus · Neoxus · Nesomedon · Nicrophorus · Nisaxis · Ochthebius · Ochthephilus · Oligota · Ophiomedon · Oropodes · Oropus · Osorius · Ouachitychus · Oxytelus · Parasthetops · Perinthus · Phacophallus · Philonthus · Philothalpus · Phlaeopora · Phytosus · Piestus · Pilactium · Platypsylla · Platystethus · Pontomalota · Prespelea · Prosthetops · Pselaphus · Pselaptrichus · Pselaptus · Psephidonus · Pseudactium · Pterosthetops · Ptiliodes · Ptinella · Pycnoplectus · Reichenbachia · Renardia · Rhexidius · Rhexius · Rybaxis · Saxet · Scalenarthrus · Scaphidium · Scaphisoma · Sebaga · Siagonium · Simplona · Somatium · Sonoma · Stenus · Subterrochus · Sunius · Syntomium · Tannea · Teropalpus · Tetrascapha · Texamaurops · Thesiastes · Thinobius · Thinodromus · Thinopinus · Thinusa · Thoracophorus · Thyreocephalus · Thyreoxenus · Tmesiphorus · Tomoplectus · Trichonyx · Trigonurus · Trimioplectus · Trimiosella · Trimium · Trisignis · Tychobythinus · Tyrus · Valda · Xanthocorynus · Xantholinus · Zolium · Zonaira
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2,803 species and subspecies in the Family Hydraenidae.
Genera
Acolonia
Acrotrichis
Actiastes
Actium
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Actizona
Adranes
Aleochara
of the genus Aleochara are among the only insect parasites in the beetle family Staphylinidae. Most of the Aleochara are more rightly called parasitoids because their larvae use a single host, which is killed during the beetle's maturation. Adult Aleochara are predators. Life histories are known for only a few species. [more]
Allobrox
Allotrimium
Amblopusa
Anchylarthron
Anitra
Anotylus
Apharus
Aploderus
Apocellus
Arianops
Arthmius
Atheta
Atinus
Aulacochthebius
Balega
Batriasymmodes
Batrisodes
Belonuchus
Berdura
Bibloplectus
Bibloporus
Biotus
Bledius
Bontomtes
Brachygluta
Briaraxis
Bythinoplectus
Caccoplectus
Cafius
Cedius
Ceophyllus
Clavilispinus
Conoplectus
Coprophilus
Coprophilus (from 'dung-loving') is, with about 30 species, a relatively small genus of staphylinid beetles. They are confined to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These species occur near herbivore dungs as well as decaying plant matters, hence their generic name. [more]
Creophilus
The rove beetles are a large (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra that leave more than half of their abdomens exposed. With over 46,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is the second largest family of beetles after the Curculionidae (the true weevils). It is an ancient group, with fossil rove beetles known from the Triassic, 200 million years ago. [more]
Cryptobium
Ctenisis
Ctenisodes
Cupila
Custotychus
Cylindrarctus
Dalmonexus
Dalmosanus
Dalmosella
Decarthron
Deleaster
Diaulota
Diestota
Discozantaena
Eleusis
Elefsina (: , Ancient/Katharevousa: ??e?s?? Eleusis) is a town and municipality about 20 km NW of Athens. It is located near the northernmost end of the Saronic Gulf and is the seat of administration of West Attica Prefecture. It is best known for having been the site of the Eleusinian Mysteries, the most famous religious center of ancient Greece. It was also the birth place of Aeschylus, one of the three great tragedians of antiquity. See also Metanira. [more]
Emplenota
Enicocerus
Ephimia
Euboarhexius
Euconnus
Eudiestota
Euphalepsus
Euplecterga
Euplectus
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Eupsenius
Eutyphlus
Falagria
Foveoscapha
Fustiger
Gabrius
Gymnochthebius
Haasellia
Hadrotes
Hamotus
Hatchia
Hesperotychus
Holocorynus
Holotrochus
Homalota
Homoeotarsus
Hydraena
Hypotelus
Leptacinus
Leptoplectus
Leurocorynus
Limnebius
Liophaena
Liparocephalus
Lispinodes
Lispinus
Lithocharis
Lucifotychus
Machaerodes
Manda
Mayetia
Medon
In , there were three people called Medon (Greek: ). [more]
Megarafonus
Melba
Meropathus
Mesoceration
Micragasma
Mipseltyrus
Mitosynum
Myllaena
Myrmecopora
Nacaeus
Nearctitychus
Neopselaphus
Neotyrus
Neoxus
Nesomedon
Nicrophorus
Burying beetles or sexton beetles ( Nicrophorus) are the best-known members of the family Silphidae (carrion beetles). Burying beetles are true to their name. Most of these beetles are black with red markings on the elytra (forewings). They bury the carcasses of small vertebrates such as birds and rodents as a food source for their larvae. They are unusual among insects in that both the male and female parents take care of the brood (bi-parental care). [more]
Nisaxis
Ochthebius
Ochthephilus
Oligota
Ophiomedon
Oropodes
Oropus
Oropos or Oropus (Greek: O??p??) is a seaport town and community, on the Southern Euboean Gulf, in Attica, opposite Eretria. Oropos is located N of Avlona and Athens, E of Thebes and SE of Chalcis. Oropos is linked with the road linking Nea Palatia and Sikamino. Oropos is also linked with the service road which links with the GR-1/E75 at its nearest interchanges. The area around Oropos has farmlands with groves to the south and also with some mountains to the south. South of the superhighway is the Parnitha mountain. The town (pop. 860 in 2001) is the seat of government of the community, which also includes the villages of Kámpos Oropoú (pop. 237), and Platánia Oropoú (155). The community has a land area of 11.967 km˛ and a total population of 1,252 inhabitants. [more]
Osorius
Ouachitychus
Oxytelus
Parasthetops
Perinthus
Phacophallus
Philonthus
Philothalpus
Phlaeopora
Phytosus
Piestus
Pilactium
Platypsylla
Platystethus
Pontomalota
Prespelea
Prosthetops
Pselaphus
Pselaptrichus
Pselaptus
Psephidonus
Pseudactium
Pterosthetops
Ptiliodes
Ptinella
Pycnoplectus
Reichenbachia
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Renardia
Rhexidius
Rhexius
Rybaxis
Saxet
Scalenarthrus
Scaphidium
Scaphisoma
Sebaga
Siagonium
Simplona
Somatium
Sonoma
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Stenus
Subterrochus
Sunius
Syntomium
Tannea
Teropalpus
Tetrascapha
Texamaurops
Thesiastes
Thinobius
Thinodromus
Thinopinus
Thinusa
Thoracophorus
Thyreocephalus
Thyreoxenus
Tmesiphorus
Tomoplectus
Trichonyx
Trigonurus
Trimioplectus
Trimiosella
Trimium
Trisignis
Tychobythinus
Tyrus
Valda
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Xanthocorynus
Xantholinus
Zolium
Zonaira
More info about the Genus Zonaira may be found here.
References
- [1] [2] - Family descriptions
- Hydraenidae at Tolweb
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