Gyrinidae

Gyrinus natator

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Gyrinidae
Subfamiliae (3): Gyrininae – Heterogyrinae – Spanglerogyrinae
Incertae sedis: †Anagyrinus – †Avitortor – †Gyrinopsis – †Protogyrininus

Name

Gyrinidae Latreille, 1810

References

Primary references

• Latreille, P.A. 1810. Considérations générales sur l'ordre naturel des animaux composant les classes des crustacés, des arachnides, et des insectes : avec un tableau méthodique de leurs genres, disposés en familles. Paris: Schoell, 444 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Beutel, R.G. 1990: Phylogenetic analysis of the family Gyrinidae (Coleoptera) based on meso- and metathoracic characters. Quaestiones Entomologicae, 26: 163–191.
• Beutel, R.G.; Roughley, R.E. 1988: On the systematic position of the family Gyrinidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga). Z. zool. Syst. Evolut.-forsch, 26: 380–400.
• Beutel, R.G.; Roughley, R.E. 1994: Phylogenetic analysis of Gyrinidae based on characters of the larval head (Coleoptera: Adephaga). Entomologica scandinavica, 24: 459–468.
• Beutel, R.G.; Roughley, R.E. 2005: 7.1. Gyrinidae Latreille, 1810. Pp. 55-64 in: Beutel, R.G.; Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110171309 contents limited preview
• Fery, H., Benetti, C.J., Colpani, D. & Hamada, N. 2015. Notes on "A checklist of the Gyrinidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of Brazil" by Colpani et al. (2014). Zootaxa 4007(4): 588–591. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.4.9. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Fery, H. & Hájek, J. 2016. Nomenclatural notes on some Palaearctic Gyrinidae (Coleoptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56(2): 645–663. PDF. Reference page. 
• Fery, H. & Hájek, J. 2021. Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on some species of Gyrinidae (Coleoptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 61(1): 55–71. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2021.003 . Reference page. 
• Gustafson, G.T. & Miller, K.B. 2013. On the family- and genus-series nomina in Gyrinidae Latreille, 1810 (Coleoptera, Adephaga). Zootaxa 3731(1): 77–105. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.1.3 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Gustafson, G.T., Prokin, A.A., Bukontaite, R., Bergsten, J. & Miller, K.B. 2017. Tip-dated phylogeny of whirligig beetles reveals ancient lineage surviving on Madagascar. Scientific Reports 7: 8619. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08403-1 . Reference page. 
• Jäch, M.A.; Madl, M. 2009: Water beetles of Seychelles (Coleoptera). Pp. 11-35, plates 1-2 in: Gerlach, J. (ed.) The Coleoptera of the Seychelles Islands. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. ISBN 9789546424983
• Lee, D.-H. & Ahn, K.-J. 2015. A taxonomic review of the Gyrinidae (Coleoptera) in Korea. ZooKeys 509: 87–107. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.509.9442 . Reference page. 
• Majka, C.G. 2008. The aquatic Coleoptera of Prince Edward Island, Canada: new records and faunal composition. ZooKeys 2: 239–260. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.25 . Reference page. 
• Majka, C.G.; Kenner, R.D. 2009: The Gyrinidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, distribution, and faunal composition. In: Majka, C.G.; Klimaszewski, J. (eds) Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera II. ZooKeys, 22: 355–372. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.0.216
• Mazzoldi, P. 2010: Gyrinidae (Coleoptera). Pp. 31-44 in: Jäch, M.A. & Balke, M. (eds.): Water beetles of New Caledonia (part 1). Monographs on Coleoptera, 3 [not seen]
• Miller, K.B. & Bergsten, J. 2012. Phylogeny and classification of whirligig beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae): relaxed-clock model outperforms parsimony and time-free Bayesian analyses. Systematic Entomology 37(4): 706–746. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00640.x . Reference page. 
• Polhemus, D.A. 2011: New distributional records for Gyrinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) on New Guinea and nearby islands, with a checklist of the New Guinea species. Zootaxa, 2900: 51–68. Preview
• Roughley, R.E. 2000: 7. GYRINIDAE Latreille, 1810. Pp. 133-137 in: Arnett, R.H., jr.; Thomas, M.C. (eds.): American beetles. Volume 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. limited preview on Google books
• Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2003 and 2004
  ISBN 87-88757-73-0, p.26

Links

• Water Beetles [provides links to all versions of Catalogue of Palearctic Gyrinidae]
• Australian Faunal Directory
• Gyrinidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Tree of Life Web Project. 1995. Gyrinidae. Whirlygig beetles. Version 01 January 1995 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Atlas of the family Gyrinidae of Russia
• Gyrinidae. Checklist of Genera and Subgenera
• EoL

Vernacular names

беларуская: Вертуны
čeština: Vírníkovití
Deutsch: Taumelkäfer
English: whirligig beetles, whirlygig beetles
Esperanto: Skribistet
suomi: Hopeasepät
français: Gyrin
magyar: Keringőbogarak
日本語: ミズスマシ科
한국어: 물맴이과
Nederlands: Schrijvertje
polski: Krętakowate
русский: Вертячки
svenska: Virvelbaggar
中文: 豉甲科

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