Haliplidae
The Haliplidae are a family (biology), family of water beetles that swim using an alternating motion of the legs. They are therefore clumsy in water (compared e.g. with the Dytiscidae or Hydrophilidae), and prefer to get around by crawling. The family consists of about 200 species in five genus, genera, distributed wherever there is fresh water, freshwater habitat; it is the only extant member of superfamily (zoology), superfamily Haliploidea. They are also known as crawling water beetles or haliplids. Description The adults of these beetles are generally oval in shape, with a very convex upperside, and are generally long. They are generally yellowish to light brown in color, frequently with light and dark patterns dotted with 10 or more rows of punctures on the Elytron, elytra. The family's most distinctive characteristic is the large arthropod leg#Insects, coxal plates of the hindlegs, which are immobile (though not fused in the centerline) and extend back along the underside t ...
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Algophilus
''Algophilus lathridioides'' is a species of beetles in the family Haliplidae, the only species in the genus ''Algophilus''. Its range includes parts of South Africa. References

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