Suborder

Adephaga (Ground and water beetles)

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The Adephaga (from Greek ἀδηφάγος, adephagos, “gluttonous”), with more than 40,000 recorded species in 10 families, are a suborder of highly specialized beetles and the second-largest suborder of the order Coleoptera. Members of this suborder are adephagans, a term which notably include ground beetles, tiger beetles, predacious diving beetles, and whirligig beetles. The majority of the species belongs to the family of carabids, or ground beetles (Carabidae).

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Subtaxa

Superfamily: Dytiscoidea

Superfamily: Caraboidea

Family: Gyrinidae (Whirligig beetles)

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