Poole, Karen E.
Hygrobia
Sign in to saveHygrobia is a genus of aquatic beetles native to Europe, North Africa, China and Australia. It is the only genus in the family Hygrobiidae, also known as the Paelobiidae. These are known commonly as squeak beetles or screech-beetles.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 70
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Hygrobiidae
- Collections
- NMV, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CSIRO, SAMA, AM, TMAG
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- Species diversity and distribution
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Hygrobia is a genus of aquatic beetles native to Europe, North Africa, China and Australia. It is the only genus in the family Hygrobiidae, also known as the Paelobiidae. These are known commonly as squeak beetles or screech-beetles.
There are six known living species, with a highly disjunct distribution, and one extinct species, Hygrobia cretzschmari.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hygrobia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.