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Hygrobia
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Hygrobia

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.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Squeak Beetle

speciesHygrobia hermanni

Hygrobia nigra

speciesHygrobia nigra

Hygrobia australasiae

speciesHygrobia australasiae

Hygrobia maculata

speciesHygrobia maculata

Hygrobia wattsi

speciesHygrobia wattsi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 483656.