Hydroscaphidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sphaeriusoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Myxophaga Superfamilia: Sphaeriusoidea

Familia: Hydroscaphidae
Genera (4): Confossa – Hydroscapha – Scaphydra – Yara

Name

Hydroscaphidae LeConte, 1874

References

Primary references

LeConte, J.L. 1874. Descriptions of new Coleoptera chiefly from the Pacific slope of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 5: 43–72. BHL.

Additional references

Cai, C., Short, A.E.Z. & Huang, D. 2012. The first skiff beetle (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Hydroscaphidae) from early Cretaceous Jehol Biota. Journal of Paleontology 86(1): 116–119. DOI: 10.1666/11-050.1 Reference page.
Csiki, E. 1911: Hydroscaphidae, Ptiliidae. Coleopterorum catalogus, 32: 1–61.
Fikáček, M.; Šípková, H. 2009: New Asian Hydroscapha, with comments on male-female association of co-occurring species (Coleoptera, Myxophaga, Hydroscaphidae). Zootaxa, 2286: 31–48. Abstract & excerpt
Reichardt, H. 1973: A critical study of the suborder Myxophaga, with a taxonomic revision of the Brazilian Torridincolidae and Hydroscaphidae (Coleoptera). Arquivos de zoologia, 24(2): 73–162. full text and pdf
Short, A.E.Z., Joly, L.J., García, M., Wild, A.L., Bloom, D.D. & Maddison, D.R. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the Hydroscaphidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga) with description of a remarkable new lineage from the Guiana Shield. Systematic Entomology 40(1): 214–229. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12097 Reference page.
Vanin, S.A.; Beutel, R.G.; Arce-Pérez, R. 2005: 6.4. Hydroscaphidae LeConte, 1874. Pp. 49-52 in: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter.
Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2003 and 2004
ISBN 87-88757-73-0, p.25

Links

Hydroscaphidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Maddison, David R. 1995. Hydroscaphidae. Version 01 January 1995 (under construction) in The Tree of Life Web Project
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Vernacular names

English: Skiff Beetles
한국어: 히드로스카파과
русский: Гидроскафиды