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Hydrophiloidea
Hydrophiloidea is a superfamily of beetles. Until recently it was only a single family, the water scavenger beetles ( Hydrophilidae), but several of the subfamilies have been removed and raised to family rank.
The present list of recognized families is thus:
- Epimetopidae
- Georissidae (= Georyssidae)
- Helophoridae
- Hydrochidae
- Hydrophilidae
- Spercheidae (= Sphaeridiidae)
The Histeroidea seem to be very closely related and may be part of an extended Hydrophiloidea clade; some researchers have proposed merging the two superfamilies into one.