Hydrophilidae, Latreille, 1802
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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.2.25 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793216 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/921787F1-F104-994E-B3F2-FF69FE59B8FA |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Hydrophilidae |
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The aquatic members of the Hydrophilidae (the present account does not treat terrestrial species in the subfamily Sphaeridiinae ) occur in a wide variety of aquatic environments, most of them in standing water and lentic habitats. Most species are scavengers, feeding on various kinds of decaying plant material, or else they feed on living plants such as algae ( Smetana 1988).
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