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Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle)
Taxonomy
Hydrophilidae was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Hydrophilus.
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Tillyard (1916), Tillyard (1918) and Tillyard (1923); to Polyphaga by Carpenter (1992); and to Hydrophiloidea by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Fikáček et al. (2010), Bouchard et al. (2011), Webster (2016), Fikáček et al. (2017) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Tillyard (1916), Tillyard (1918) and Tillyard (1923); to Polyphaga by Carpenter (1992); and to Hydrophiloidea by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Fikáček et al. (2010), Bouchard et al. (2011), Webster (2016), Fikáček et al. (2017) and Cai et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Acidocerinae (syn. Horelophopsinae), Alegorius, Aposphinctus (syn. Spalacoides, Streblocardioides, Hexameristus), Chaetarthriinae, Creniphilites, Cretosperchus, Enochrinae, Escheria, Escheria bella, Escheria ovalis, Georissinae, Hydrocharis, Hydrochinae, Hydrophilinae, Mesosperchus schultzi, Orphnospercheus, Paraspercheus, Penitus, Philhydrus, Prospercheus, Protochares, Regimbartia, Rygmodinae (syn. Borborophorini, Andotypini, Tormissini), Spercheinae, Sphaeridiinae, Sphaeridium melanarium, Sternolophus
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1802 | Hydrophilidae Latreille p. 136 |
1831 | Sphaeridium melanarium Gistl p. 247 |
1847 | Escheria Heer p. 57 |
1847 | Escheria ovalis Heer p. 57 figs. Pl 7, fig 23 |
1862 | Escheria bella Heer p. 69 figs. Pl 5, fig 17 |
1864 | Escheria bella Heer p. 381 fig. 273 |
1880 | Escheriidae Kolbe p. 266 |
1885 | Escheria bella Scudder p. 802 fig. 1063 |
1916 | Hydrophilidae Tillyard |
1918 | Hydrophilidae Tillyard |
1923 | Hydrophilidae Tillyard |
1981 | Hydrophilidae Crowson p. 694 |
1985 | Mesosperchus schultzi Ponomarenko p. 142 figs. 6; Pl 2 fig 3 |
1992 | Escheria Carpenter |
1992 | Hydrophilidae Carpenter |
1995 | Hydrophilidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
2010 | Hydrophilidae Fikáček et al. |
2011 | Hydrophilidae Bouchard et al. p. 153 |
2016 | Hydrophilidae Webster |
2017 | Hydrophilidae Fikáček et al. p. 50 |
2022 | Hydrophilidae Cai et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Hydrophilidae Latreille 1802 [water scavenger beetle]
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Subfm. Acidocerinae Zaitzev 1908
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G. Helochares Mulsant 1846
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†Helochares fog Arriaga-Varela et al. 2021
†Helochares mydaleus Zhang 1989
†Helochares undecimstriatum Heer 1870
G. †Hydroyixia Fikáček et al. 2014
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†Hydroyixia elongata Fikáček et al. 2014
†Hydroyixia latissima Fikáček et al. 2014
Invalid names: Horelophopsinae Hansen 1997 [synonym]
G. †Aposphinctus Bode 1953
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†Aposphinctus sibiricus Ponomarenko 1990
Invalid names: Hexameristus Bode 1953 [synonym], Spalacoides Bode 1953 [synonym], Streblocardioides Bode 1953 [synonym]
Subfm. Chaetarthriinae Bedel 1881
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Tr. Anacaenini Hansen 1991
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G. Anacaena Thomson 1859
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†Anacaena morla Arriaga-Varela et al. 2021
†Anacaena paleodominica Fikáček and Engel 2011
Invalid names: Horelophinae Hansen 1991 [synonym]
Subfm. Enochrinae Short and Fikáček 2013
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G. Cymbiodyta Bedel 1881
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†Cymbiodyta exstincta Scudder 1900
†Cymbiodyta samueli Fikáček et al. 2023
G. Enochrus Thomson 1859
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Enochrus hamiltoni Horn 1890
†Enochrus innovatus Theobald 1937
†Enochrus lapsus Zhang 1989
†Enochrus pleistocenicus Lomnicki 1894
†Enochrus primaevus Scudder 1876
Enochrus quadripunctatus Herbst 1797
†Enochrus scudderi Wickham 1909
†Enochrus striatus Theobald 1937
Invalid names: Philydrus Solier 1834 [replaced]
Subfm. Georissinae Laporte 1819
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G. †Georissites Ponomarenko 2008
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†Georissites magnus Haupt 1956
†Georissites negev Ponomarenko 2008
G. Hydrocharis Berthold 1827
Subfm. Hydrochinae Thomson 1859
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G. Hydrochus Germar 1824
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†Hydrochus amictus Scudder 1890
Hydrochus elongatus Schaller 1783
†Hydrochus relictus Scudder 1890
Subfm. Hydrophilinae Latreille 1802
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Tr. Berosini Mulsant 1844
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G. Berosus Leach 1817
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Subg. Berosus (Berosus) Leach 1817
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†Berosus (Berosus) morticinus von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
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Invalid names: Berosus capitatus Statz 1939 [synonym]
†Berosus barclayi Ponomarenko and Soriano 2019
Berosus luridus Linnaeus 1761
†Berosus sexstriatus Scudder 1878
Berosus signaticollis Charpentier 1825
Berosus spinosus Steven 1808
†Berosus tenuis Scudder 1878
Tr. Hydrobiusini Mulsant 1844
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G. Hydrobius Linnaeus 1758
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†Hydrobius confixus Scudder 1890
Hydrobius convexus Brullé 1835
†Hydrobius couloni Heer 1862
†Hydrobius decineratus Scudder 1878
Hydrobius fuscipes Linnaeus 1758
†Hydrobius longicollis Heer 1847
†Hydrobius maceratus Scudder 1900
†Hydrobius prisconatator Wickham 1911
†Hydrobius titan Wickham 1913
Invalid names: Sperchopsini Hansen 1991 [synonym]
Tr. Hydrophilini Latreille 1802
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Invalid names: Hydrophilina Latreille 1802 [invalid subgroup], Hydrophilopsis Heer 1862 [nomen dubium], Hydrophilopsis elongata Heer 1862 [nomen dubium], Hydrous ovalis Heer 1862 [nomen dubium]
Tr. Laccobiini Houlbert 1922
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G. Laccobius Erichson 1837
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Laccobius ellipticus Le Conte 1855
†Laccobius elongatus Scudder 1878
†Laccobius flachii Lomnicki 1894
Laccobius minutus Linnaeus 1758
†Laccobius priscus Oustalet 1870
†Laccobius vetustus Oustalet 1874
Invalid names: Amphiopini Kuwert 1890 [empty], Cymbiodyta austerus Statz 1939 [nomen dubium]
G. †Paraspercheus Ponomarenko 1977
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†Paraspercheus asiaticus Ponomarenko 1977
†Paraspercheus vitimensis Ponomarenko 1977
Subfm. Rygmodinae Orchymont 1916
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Invalid names: Andotypini Hansen 1991 [synonym], Borborophorini Hansen 1991 [synonym], Tormissini Hansen 1991 [synonym]
Subfm. Sphaeridiinae Latreille 1802
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Tr. Coelostomatini Heyden 1891
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Tr. Megasternini Mulsant 1844
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G. Cercyon Leach 1817
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Cercyon analis Paykull 1798
Cercyon herceus Smetana 1978
Cercyon luniger Mannerheim 1853
Cercyon marinus Thomson 1853
Cercyon melanocephalus Linnaeus 1758
Cercyon pygmaeus Illiger 1801
Cercyon sternalis Sharp 1918
†Cercyon terrigena Scudder 1879
Cercyon tristis Illiger 1801
Cercyon ustulatus Preyssler 1790
G. Cryptopleurum Mulsant 1844
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Cryptopleurum crenatum Kugelann 1794
Cryptopleurum minutum Fabricius 1775
G. Megasternum Mulsant 1844
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Megasternum boletophagum Marsham 1802
Megasternum obscurum Marsham 1802
Tr. Sphaeridiini Latreille 1802
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Invalid names: Omicrini Smetana 1975 [empty], Protosternini Hansen 1991 [empty]
Invalid names: Escheria Heer 1847 [nomen dubium], Escheria bella Heer 1862 [nomen dubium], Escheria ovalis Heer 1847 [nomen dubium], Escheriidae Kolbe 1880 [synonym], Mesosperchus schultzi Ponomarenko 1985 [nomen dubium], Spercheinae Erichson 1837 [empty], Sphaeridium melanarium Gistl 1831 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Holocene or 182.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 182.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 182.0 Ma
Collections (148 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Hexameristus inflatus (105002) Spalacoides simplex (107555) Streblocardioides striatus, Aposphinctus conservatus (107343) | |
Toarcian - Aalenian | Russian Federation (Kemerovo) | Hydrophilidae indet. (117989) | |
Bathonian | Mongolia | Hydrophilidae indet. (119621) | |
Callovian - Oxfordian | Kazakhstan (Chimkent) | Paraspercheus asiaticus (105426 106101) | |
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian | China (Yunnan) | Hydrophilidae indet. (164859) | |
Tithonian | Australia (New South Wales) | Protochares brevipalpis (128121) | |
Tithonian | Mongolia | Prospercheus cristatus (121394 131803) | |
Tithonian | Russian Federation (Chita) | Aposphinctus sibiricus (125407 152172) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | Mesosperchus schultzi (123144) | |
Berriasian | Israel | Cretosperchus medievalis (84472) | |
Hauterivian | Russian Federation (Chita) | Aposphinctus sibiricus (125409) | |
Late/Upper Barremian | China (Nei Mongol) | Alegorius yixianus (125655) | |
Late/Upper Barremian | China (Liaoning) | Alegorius sp., Alegorius yixianus, Hydroyixia elongata, Hydroyixia latissima (111712) Alegorius yixianus, Hydroyixia elongata, Hydroyixia latissima (111716) | |
Aptian | China (Jilin) | Orphnospercheus lonjingensis (172391) | |
Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | Paraspercheus vitimensis, Baissalarva hydrobioides (105969) | |
Aptian | China (Nei Monggol) | Hydrophilidae indet. (152245) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Hydrophilidae indet. (122557) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | Australia (Victoria) | Hydrophilidae indet., Hydrophilidae larva indet., Cretoxenus australis (77192) | |
Albian | Jordan | Hydrophilidae indet. (124847) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Cretocrenis burmanicus (161726) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar (Kachin) | Cretocrenis burmanicus (221886) | |
Middle Turonian | Israel | Georissites negev (156985) | |
Danian - Selandian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Elytridium undecimstriatum (122011) | |
Ypresian | Canada (British Columbia) | Cercyon terrigena (122190) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Hydrochus relictus, Hydrobius confixus (122090) Laccobius elongatus, Philhydrus primaevus (121306) Tropisternus saxialis, Tropisternus sculptilis, Berosus tenuis, Berosus sexstriatus, Philhydrus sp., Hydrobius decineratus (121322) | |
MP 11 | Germany (Hessen) | Hydrobiomorpha eopalpalis (165522) Hydrophilus sp., Hydrobiomorpha eopalpalis (120036) Hydrophilus sp., Hydrobiomorpha sp. 1, Hydrochara sp., Hydrophilina indet., Hydrobiomorpha eopalpalis (120798) | |
Lutetian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Georyssus magnus (114060) | |
Priabonian | Poland | Crenitis profechuyi, Helochares fog (110737) | |
Priabonian | United Kingdom (Isle of Wight) | Berosus barclayi (156628) | |
Priabonian | France | Enochrus striatus (113709) | |
Priabonian | Russian Federation | Anacaena morla (123419) | |
Priabonian | Lithuania | Cymbiodyta samueli (230326) | |
Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Berosus sp., Hydrochara woodwardi, Berosus barclayi (123959) Hydrochara woodwardi, Berosus barclayi (21976 123960) | |
Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Hydrobius prisconatator (106381 123119) Hydrobius titan, Creniphilites orpheus (113749) Philydrus scudderi (124002) Tropisternus limitatus, Tropisternus vanus, Philhydrus scudderi, Hydrobius titan, Hydrocharis extricatus, Hydrobius maceratus (106384) | |
MP 23 | France | Hydrophilidae indet., Philydrus innovatus, Laccobius vetustus (122535) | |
Rupelian | Germany | Hydrobius convexus (122407) | |
Rupelian | France (Auvergne) | Laccobius priscus (127630) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | France (Puy-de-Dome) | Hydrophilus magnificus (155204) | |
MP 30 | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Hydrophilus fraternus, Hydrous miserandus (127628) | |
MP 30 | Germany | Coccinella protogaeae (115802) Philydrus morticinus, Laccobius excitatus, Hydrous neptunus (123945) | |
Chattian | Brazil | Hydrophilidae indet. (153054) | |
Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | Laccobius vetustus, Hydrophilus antiquus (123944) Limnoxenus olenus (127415) | |
Chattian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Berosus capitatus, Paracymus excitatus, Hydrophilus fraternus, Hydrophilus neptunus, Hydrous rottensis, Cymbiodyta austerus, Berosus morticinus (122010) | |
Chattian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Hydrophilopsis incerta (122487) | |
Chattian - Aquitanian | Germany (Sachsen) | Hydrobiomorpha enspelense (26765) | |
Aquitanian | Switzerland | Hydrophilus gaudini, Hydrophilus ruminianus (154053) | |
Aquitanian | Germany | Hydrous sp., Hydrophilus sp. (123872) | |
Aquitanian | New Zealand | Hydrophilidae indet. (50035) | |
Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Russian Federation | Hydrophilidae indet. (117611) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico | Anacaena sp. (21977) | |
Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Enochrus lapsus, Helochares mydaleus, Hydrous pergrandis (128552) Penitus gemellus (138945) | |
Burdigalian | Greece | Hydrophilus vexatorius (144526) | |
Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Anacaena paleodominica (122982) | |
MN 3 | Czech Republic | Hydrophilus pistaceus (105508) | |
MN 5 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Hydrophilidae indet. (109058) | |
Badenian | Austria (Steiermark) | Hydrophilus carbonarius (115306) | |
Sarmatian | Croatia | Hydrobius longicollis (117246) | |
Sarmatian | Germany (Wurttemberg) | Hydrophilus kuntzeni, Hydrophilus caraboides (113752) | |
Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Hydrobiomorpha heeri (144245) Hydrophilus rehmanni (117338) Hydrophilus spectabilis (172253) Hydrophilus spectabilis, Hydrous escheri, Hydrobiomorpha heeri, Hydrophilus giganteus, Hydrophilopsis elongata, Hydrous ovalis, Escheria bella, Hydrous rehmanni, Hydrous braunii, Hydrobius couloni (117252) Hydrophilus vexatorius, Hydrophilus knorrii, Hydrophilus braunii (115305) Hydrophilus vexatorius, Hydrophilus spectabilis, Hydrophilus noachicus, Escheria ovalis (115304) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation | Hydrophilidae indet., Coelostoma orbiculare (113713) | |
Messinian | USA (Alaska) | Georyssus sp. (123352) | |
Zanclean | Japan | Coelostoma sp., Regimbartia attenuata (165737) | |
Pliocene | Japan | Coelostoma sp., Hydrochara libera, Sternolophus rufipes (165744) Coelostoma sp., Regimbartia attenuata (165743) | |
Piacenzian | USA (Alaska) | Georyssus sp. (162796) | |
Piacenzian | Japan | Coelostoma sp. (165742) Hydrophilidae indet., Hydrophilus sp., Hydrochara sp., Coelostoma sp., Coelostoma stultum, Regimbartia attenuata, Sternolophus rufipes (165738) | |
Gelasian | Greenland | Laccobius sp. (160109) Megasternum obscurum (160166) | |
Gelasian | France | Georyssus nigrobrunneus (113996) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan | Coelostoma sp. (153617) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Russian Federation | Hydrophilidae indet. (163089) Laccobius sp., Cercyon sp. (163069) | |
Calabrian | Japan | Hydrochara sp., Coelostoma orbiculare (160539) | |
Chibanian | Japan (Kumamoto) | Coelostoma sp. (164901) | |
Chibanian | Japan | Hydrophilidae indet. (165705) Hydrophilidae indet., Coelostoma sp. (165704) Hydrophilidae indet., Hydrophilus sp., Hydrochara sp., Coelostoma sp., Hydrochara libera (165700) | |
Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Coelostoma orbiculare, Sphaeridium scarabaeoides, Hydrophilus caraboides, Cercyon melanocephalus, Georissus crenulatus, Megasternum boletophagum (168267) Enochrus sp., Cercyon sp., Cercyon sternalis (168272) Enochrus sp., Coelostoma orbiculare, Hydrobius fuscipes, Sphaeridium scarabaeoides, Cercyon melanocephalus, Megasternum boletophagum, Chaetarthria seminulum (168266) Enochrus sp., Georissus crenulatus, Hydrochus elongatus, Cercyon pygmaeus, Cercyon sternalis (168270) Enochrus sp., Laccobius sp., Coelostoma orbiculare, Cercyon sp., Hydrobius fuscipes, Cercyon ustulatus, Cercyon sternalis, Megasternum boletophagum, Chaetarthria seminulum (168264) Enochrus spp., Laccobius sp., Coelostoma orbiculare, Cercyon sp., Sphaeridium scarabaeoides, Georissus crenulatus, Megasternum boletophagum, Chaetarthria seminulum (168265) Hydrochus elongatus, Cercyon sternalis, Megasternum boletophagum (168271) Laccobius sp., Coelostoma orbiculare, Cryptopleurum minutum, Cercyon analis, Megasternum boletophagum (168268) Paracymus sp., Coelostoma orbiculare, Hydrobius fuscipes, Cercyon analis (168269) | |
Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Warwickshire) | Cercyon sp. (169389) Cercyon sp., Cryptopleurum crenatum (169391) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Japan (Kumamoto) | Coelostoma sp. (165716) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Colorado) | Enochrus hamiltoni (169353) Enochrus sp. (169350) Hydrobius fuscipes (169333 169336) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ukraine | Hydrobius fuscipes, Philhydrus pleistocenicus, Laccobius flachii, Sphaeridium scarabaeoides (153476) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Ontario) | Cymbiodyta exstincta (152577) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Astrakhan) | Hydrophilidae indet., Enochrus sp., Hydrochara sp., Anacaena sp., Cercyon marinus, Cercyon tristis, Hydrochara caraboides, Hydrochara flavipes, Berosus luridus, Berosus spinosus, Enochrus quadripunctatus, Berosus signaticollis (125794) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Pennsylvania) | Hydrophilidae indet. (137207) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Hydrophilus sp. (44954) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Cercyon tristis (164904 164906 164908 164921) Cercyon tristis, Hydrobius fascipes (164905 164920) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Coelostoma sp., Coelostoma orbiculare, Hydrochara libera (166082) Hydrophilidae indet. (164902) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wisconsin) | Cercyon sp., Cercyon herceus (169406) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation | Hydrobius fuscipes (153435 163102 173216) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Worcestershire) | Cercyon spp., Hydrobius fuscipes, Sphaeridium sp., Cercyon tristis, Cercyon melanocephalus, Cercyon ustulatus, Cryptopleurum minutum, Laccobius minutus, Georissus crenulatus (163070) Hydrobius fuscipes, Enochrus quadripunctatus (163075) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Ohio) | Hydrochus amictus (152574) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Washington) | Hydrobius fuscipes, Laccobius ellipticus, Cercyon luniger (167662) Hydrophilidae indet. (169375 169378 169379) Laccobius sp., Cymbiodyta sp., Cercyon sp., Georissus sp., Hydrobius fuscipes (157092) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Hydrophilus sp., Gyrinidae indet. (71346) | |
Tarantian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Hydrophilidae indet., Enochrus sp. (137204 137205 137206) | |
Holocene | Brazil | Sphaeridium melanarium (155717) |