Helophorus
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Helophorus is the only genus in the beetle family Helophoridae (traditionally included within Hydrophilidae as the subfamily Helophorinae) within the Hydrophiloidea. They are small insects, found mainly in the Holarctic region (150 occur in Palearctic and 41 species in North America), but two or three species also live in the Afrotropical region, Central America and one in the Indomalayan region (northern India).[1][2]
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Helophorus | |
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Helophorus aquaticus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
Superfamily: | Hydrophiloidea |
Family: | Helophoridae Leach, 1815 |
Genus: | Helophorus Fabricius, 1775 |
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