| Hygrobia | |
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| Hygrobia hermanni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Hygrobiidae |
| Genus: | Hygrobia Latreille, 1804 |
| Species | |
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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.[1] These are known commonly as squeak beetles[2] or screech-beetles.[3]
There are six known living species, with a highly disjunct distribution, and one extinct species, Hygrobia cretzschmari.
- ^ Nilsson, A. N. (2006). "Which name is valid – Hygrobiidae or Paelobiidae?". Latissimus. 21: 37–39.
- ^ Michat, M. C., et al. (2014). Description of the third instar of Hygrobia nigra (Clark, 1862) (Coleoptera: Paelobiidae), with a key for the identification of mature larvae of Hygrobia Latreille, 1804 and phylogenetic analysis. Zootaxa 3827(3) 318-30.
- ^ Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. Hygrobia. British Insects: The Families of Coleoptera.