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Hydroscaphidae  J. L. LeConte, 1874
Taxonomic Serial No.: 112744

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): skiff beetles [English]
  
    water scavenger beetles [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptčres, besouro  
                                  SuborderMyxophaga Crowson, 1955  
                                     SuperfamilySphaeriusoidea Erichson, 1845  
                                        FamilyHydroscaphidae J. L. LeConte, 1874 – skiff beetles, water scavenger beetles  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Subfamily Hydroscaphinae J. L. LeConte, 1874  
                                           Subfamily Leehermaniinae Kirejtshuk et al, 2023  
                                           Subfamily Triamyxinae Qvarnström et al., 2021  
       

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  Source: Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, database (version May 2025)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Bouchard, P. (2024). Coleoptera type genera and family-group names (based largely on Bouchard et al. 2024 paper, doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440). Database available at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/290628/about   
  Reference for: Hydroscaphidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hydroscaphidae, skiff beetles [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hall, W. Eugene / Arnett, Ross H., and Michael C. Thomas, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family 4. Hydroscaphidae LeConte, 1874   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Beetles, vol. 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia   
  Page(s): 27-29   
  Publisher: CRC Press LLC   
  Publication Place: Boca Raton, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8493-1925-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hydroscaphidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 779-1006   
  Publisher: Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN   
  Publication Place: Warszawa, Poland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 83-85192-34-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hydroscaphidae   
       

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