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family

whirligig beetles
Gyrinidae Latreille, 1810

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Coleoptera - beetles »  suborder Adephaga

Scientific synonyms

Gyrinides
Gyrinites Latreille, 1810

Temporal range:Jurassic > Lower Jurassic > Hettangian – recent
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Functions restricted to taxon Gyrinidae

Included taxa

Number of records: 6

subfamily Spanglerogyrinae Folkerts, 1979
Cretaceous: Aptian – recent
subfamily Heterogyrinae Brynck, 1955
Jurassic: Pliensbachian – recent
subfamily Gyrininae Latreille, 1810
Cretaceous: Cenomanian – recent

Fossil taxa

genus Anagyrinus Handlirsch, 1906
Jurassic: Hettangian
genus Gyrinopsis Handlirsch, 1906
Jurassic: Hettangian
genus Paragyrinus Handlirsch, 1906
Jurassic: Hettangian

Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [101777]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Gyrinidae Latreille, 1810]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
CZ Hudec K., Kolibáč J., Laštůvka Z., Peňáz M. a kol. (2007): Příroda České republiky: průvodce faunou, Academia [as Gyrinidae]
EN Bouchard et al. (2011): Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88: 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 [as Gyrinidae Latreille, 1810]
Data retrieved on: 19 November 2019

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Explanations

extinct taxon