Family:
Spercheidae
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> Insecta
(insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola >
Holometabola > Coleoptera
(beetles)
> Polyphaga > Superfamily:
Hydrophyloidea
Small aquatic beetles that are capable of walking on the
underside of the surface film. Three species in a single genus (Spercheus)
are known from southern Africa.
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