Water broods ( lat. Hydraenidae ) - a family of insects of the order of winged beetles . Beetles are small in size from 1 to 3 mm in length, sometimes 7 mm.
| Water broods |
Hydraena riparia |
| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Infraclass : | Winged insects |
| Treasure : | Fully Transformed Insects |
| Infrastructure : | Staffiliform |
| Superfamily : | Staphylinoid |
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| International scientific name |
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Hydraenidae Mulsant , 1844 |
| Subfamilies |
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- Hydraeninae
- Ochebiinae
- Orchymontiinae
- Prosthetopinae
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Content
Very small beetles usually with an elongated or sometimes broadly oval, rather flattened body. The upper body is naked or covered with subtle hairs. Puncture and sculpture are quite variable.
Water broods are among the oldest water bugs, their earliest finds come from deposits of the lower Jurassic of Russia [1] .
In Russia, 29 species. [2]
- Subfamily Ochthebiinae
- Gymnochthebius
- Ochthebius
- Micragasma
- Neochthebius
- Hughleechia
- Meropathus
- Tympanogaster
- Subfamily Hydraeninae
- Coelometopon
- Sicilicula
- Prosthetops
- Hydraenida
- Parahydraenida
- Parhydraena
- Decarthrocerus
- Mesoceration
- Laeliana
- Limnebius
- Adelphydraena
- Hydraena
- Subfamily Orchymontiinae
- Homalaena
- Orchymontia
- Podaena
