Classification of Families and Subfamilies of Aquatic Coleoptera

(modified from Lawrence and Newton 1995)

• Suborder Myxophaga Crowson 1955
  
  • Family Torridincolidae Steffan 1964 #
    
  • Family Hydroscaphidae LeConte 1874
    
  • Family Microsporidae Crotch 1873

• Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg 1806
  
  • Family Gyrinidae Latreille 1810
    
    • Subfamily Spanglerogyrinae Folkerts 1979
    • Subfamily Gyrininae Latreille 1810
      
  • Family Haliplidae Aube 1836
    
  • Family Noteridae Thomson 1860
    
    • Subfamily Phreatodytinae Ueno 1957
      
    • Subfamily Noterinae Thomson 1860
      
  • Family Amphizoidae LeConte 1853
    
  • Family Hygrobiidae Regimbart 1878 (1837) #
    
  • Family Dytiscidae Leach 1815
    
    • Subfamily Copelatinae Van den Branden 1885
      
    • Subfamily Laccophilinae Gistel 1856
      
    • Subfamily Hydroporinae Aube 1836
      
    • Subfamily Colymbetinae Erichson 1837
      
    • Subfamily Dytiscinae Leach 1815
      
    • Subfamily Aubehydrinae Guignot 1942
      
  • Family Carabidae Latreille 1802 *
    

• Suborder Polyphaga Emery 1886
  
  • Series Staphyliniformia Lameere 1900
    
    • Superfamily Hydrophiloidea Latreille 1802
      
      • Family Hydrophilidae Latreille 1802
        
        • Subfamily Helophorinae Leach 1815
          
        • Subfamily Epimetopinae Zaitzev 1908
          
        • Subfamily Georissinae Laporte 1840
          
        • Subfamily Hydrochinae Thomson 1860
          
        • Subfamily Spercheinae Erichson 1837 #
          
        • Subfamily Horelophinae Hansen 1991 #
          
        • Subfamily Hydrophilinae Latreille 1802
          
        • Subfamily Sphaeridiinae Latreille 1802
          
    • Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille 1802
      
      • Family Hydraenidae Mulsant 1844
        
        • Subfamily Prosthetopinae Perkins in Perkins & Balfour-Browne 1994
          
        • Subfamily Hydraeninae Mulsant 1844
          
        • Subfamily Ochthebiinae Thomson 1859
          
      • Family Ptiliidae Erichson 1845/Motschulsky 1845 *
        
        • Subfamily Ptiliinae Erichson 1845/Motschulsky 1845 *
          
        • Subfamily Nanosellinae Barber 1924 *
          
        • Subfamily Cephaloplectinae Sharp 1883 *
          
        • Subfamily Acrotrichinae Reitter 1909 (1856) *
          
      • Family Staphylinidae Latreille 1802 *

  • Series Elateriformia Crowson 1960
    
    • Superfamily Scirtoidea Fleming 1821
      
      • Family Scirtidae Fleming 1821
        
    • Superfamily Dascilloidea Guerin-Meneville 1843 (1834) *
      
      • Family Dascillidae Guerin-Meneville 1843 (1834) *
        
        • Subfamily Dascillinae Guerin-Meneville 1843 (1834) *
          
        • Subfamily Karumiinae Escalera 1913 *
          
    • Superfamily Byrrhoidea Latreille 1804
      
      • Family Elmidae Curtis 1830
        
        • Subfamily Larainae LeConte 1861
          
        • Subfamily Elminae Curtis 1830
          
      • Family Dryopidae Billberg 1820 (1817)
        
      • Family Lutrochidae Kasap & Crowson 1975
        
      • Family Limnichidae Erichson 1846
        
        • Subfamily Hyphalinae Britton 1971
          
        • Subfamily Limnochinae Erichson 1846
          
        • Subfamily Cephalobyrrhinae Champion 1925
          
        • Subfamily Thaumastodinae Champion 1924
          
      • Family Heteroceridae MacLeay 1825
        
        • Subfamily Elythomerinae Pacheco 1964
          
        • Subfamily Heterocerinae MacLeay 1825
          
      • Family Psephenidae Lacordaire 1854
        
        • Subfamily Eubriinae Lacordaire 1857
          
        • Subfamily Psephenoidinae Hinton 1939
          
        • Subfamily Eubrianacinae Jacobson 1913 (1880)
          
        • Subfamily Psepheninae Lacordaire 1854
          
      • Family Ptilodactylidae Laporte 1836*
        
        • Subfamily Anchytarsinae Champion 1897 *
          
      • Family Eulichadidae Crowson 1973
        
    • Superfamily Elateroidea Leach 1815
      
      • Family Lampyridae Latreille 1817*

  • Series Cucujiformia Lameere 1938
    
    • Superfamily Cleroidea Latreille 1802
      
      • Family Melyridae Leach 1815 *

    • Superfamily Tenebrionoidea Latreille 1802
      
      • Family Tenebrionidae Latreille 1802 *

      • Family Salpingidae Leach 1815 *
        
      • Family Anthicidae Latreille 1802 *
        
    • Superfamily Chrysomeloidea Latreille 1802
      
      • Family Chrysomelidae Latreille 1802*

    • Superfamily Curculionoidea Latreille 1802
      
      • Family Curculionidae Latreille 1802 *
        

* = only aquatic species considered
# = not known from North America

Literature Cited

• 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selectes genera, notes, references and data on family-group names, pp. 779-1006, In Biology, phylogeny, and classification of Coleoptera: Papers celebrating the 80th birthday of Roy A. Crowson. J. Pakaluk and S. A. Slipinski, eds. Muz. Inst. Zool. PAN, Warsaw.