Editing Noteridae

{{Short description|Family of beetles}}
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| taxon = Noteridae
| display_parents = 2
| image = Hydrocanthus micans Wehncke, 1883 (17118006375).png
| image_caption = ''[[Hydrocanthus]] micans''
| authority = [[Carl Gustaf Thomson|C. G. Thomson]], 1860
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'''Noteridae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[adephaga]]n [[water beetle]]s closely related to the [[Dytiscidae]], and formerly classified with them. They are mainly distinguished by the presence of a distinctive "noterid platform" underneath, in the form of a plate between the second and third pair of legs. The family is found worldwide, more commonly in the tropics. They are sometimes referred to as '''burrowing water beetles'''.

These beetles are relatively small, ranging from 1 to 6&nbsp;mm, with smooth oval bodies ranging from light brown to a darker reddish brown. The head is short and somewhat covered by the [[prothorax]].

Both adults and larvae are aquatic, and are commonly found around plants. They have a habit of burrowing through pond and marsh substrate, thus the common name, and are primarily carnivorous, with some scavenging observed.

==Genera==
There are two subfamilies with in total three tribes and 24 genera:<ref name=ITIS/>

Subfamily '''Noterinae''' C. G. Thomson, 1860

Tribe '''Noterini''' C. G. Thomson, 1860
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* ''[[Aponwaopterus]]'' <small>García and Jiménez-Ramos, 2019</small>
* ''[[Bicarinaus]]'' <small>García, 2018</small>
* ''[[Canthydrus]]'' <small>Sharp, 1882</small>
* ''[[Canthysellus]]'' <small>Baca and Toledo, 2015</small>
* ''[[Hydrocanthus]]'' <small>Say, 1823</small>
* ''[[Jolyssellus]]'' <small>García and Jiménez-Ramos, 2019</small>
* ''[[Liocanthydrus]]'' <small>Guignot, 1957</small>
* ''[[Llanoterus]]'' <small>García and Camacho, 2018</small>
* ''[[Mesonoterus]]'' <small>Sharp, 1882</small>
* ''[[Neohydrocoptus]]'' <small>Sato, 1972</small>
* ''[[Noterus]]'' <small>Clairville, 1806</small>
* ''[[Polylobata]]'' <small>García, 2019</small>
* ''[[Prionohydrus]]'' <small>Gómez and Miller, 2013</small>
* ''[[Renotus]]'' <small>Guignot, 1936</small>
* ''[[Shepardhydras]]'' <small>García, 2018</small>
* ''[[Sternocanthus]]'' <small>Guignot, 1948</small>
* ''[[Suphis]]'' <small>Aubé, 1836</small>
* ''[[Suphisellus]]'' <small>Crotch, 1873</small>
* ''[[Suretonorpus]]'' <small>García, 2022</small>
* ''[[Synchortus]]'' <small>Sharp, 1880</small>
* ''[[Tonerus]]'' <small>Miller, 2009</small>
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Subfamily '''Notomicrinae''' Zimmermann, 1919

Tribe '''Notomicrini''' Sharp, 1882	 
* ''[[Notomicrus]]'' <small>Sharp, 1882</small>
* ''[[Speonoterus]]'' <small>Spangler, 1996</small>

Tribe '''Phreatodytini''' Uéno, 1957	 
* ''[[Phreatodytes]]'' <small>Uéno, 1957</small>


==References==
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* Nilsson, Anders N. (2006). “[http://www2.emg.umu.se/projects/biginst/andersn/WCN/WCN_20060716.pdf A World Catalogue of the Family Noteridae, or the Burrowing Water Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga).]” University of Umea, Sweden. Retrieved on 10 May 2012.
* [[R. E. Roughley]], "Noteridae", in [[Ross H. Arnett Jr.]] and [[Michael C. Thomas]], ''[[American Beetles]]'' (CRC Press, 2001), vol. 1

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040826145422/http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/biod/waterbeetles/noteridae/genera.html Noterid info at UIUC]

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[[Category:Beetle families]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Gustaf Thomson]]