Family Hygrobiidae Regimbart 1878 (beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Hygrobiidae
Synonyms: Paelobiidae Erichson 1837, Pelobiinae Erichson 1837
Parent taxon: Adephaga according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Crowson 1981 and Lawrence and Newton 1995
Sister taxa: Amarodes, Amphizoidae, Amphoxyne, Carabidae, Carabiformia, Chimaerocoleus, Cicindelidae, Colymbotethidae, Coptoclavidae, Curculionites, Dytiscidae, Dytiscoidea, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Liadytidae, Longurius, Memptus, Noteridae, Oryctites, Parahygrobiidae, Pseudomorphinae, Trachypachidae, Triadogyrus, Triaplidae, Tritarsusidae
Subtaxa: Hygrobia
Type: Hygrobia
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Rott (Krantz Bonn coll) (Oligocene of Germany)