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Gyrinidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Gyrinidae

Name

Homonyms
Gyrinidae
Common names
Aatimpiskachàali in language.
Escarabajos molinetes in Spanish
Gyrin in French
Hvirvlere in Danish
Hvirvlere in Danish
Keringőbogarak in Hungarian
Krętakowate in Polish
Kukriklased in Estonian
Schrijvertje in Dutch
Schrijvertjes in Dutch
Skribistet in Esperanto
Sukučiai in Lithuanian
Taumelkäfer in German
Waterhondjies in Afrikaans
Whirligig Beetle in English
Whirligig Beetle in English
Whirligig Beetle in English
Whirligig Beetles in English
Whirligig Beetles in English
Whirligigs in English
awioqik'we'j in language.
hopeasepät in Finnish
hopeasepät in Finnish
krútňavcovité in Slovak
kvervlarar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
mamantuhwis in language.
mmamagale in Tswana
schrijvertjes, draaikevers, schrijvers in Dutch
thale in Tswana
virvelbaggar in Swedish
virvlere in Norwegian Bokmål
vírníkovití in Czech
whirligig beetle in English
whirligig beetles in English
whirligig beetles in English
whirligig beetles in English
čáhcegoppát in Northern Sami
Вертикуваті in Ukrainian
Вертуны in Belarusian
Вертячки in Ukrainian
Въртячки in Bulgarian
Крутілі in Ukrainian
סביבוניתיים in Hebrew
ミズスマシ科 in Japanese
豉甲科 in Chinese
물맴이과 in Korean
kvervlarar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
virvelbaggar in Swedish
virvlere in Norwegian Bokmål
čáhcegoppát in Northern Sami

Bibliographic References

  1. "Blackwelder, R.E. (1944). Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, The West Indies, and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 1-1492." https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7876356
  2. "Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A., Alonso-Zarazaga, M., Lawrence, J., Lyal, C., Newton, A., Reid, C., Schmitt, M., Slipinski, A., Smith, A. (2011). Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1-972." https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.88.807
  3. "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. F. Schoell, Paris, 444 pp. [23 May 1810 (Evenhuis 1997b: genres, disposés en familles. F. Schoell, Paris, 444 pp. [23 May 1810 (Evenhuis 1997b)]." https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27543876
  4. "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, 706-746." https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00640.x
  5. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  6. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  7. Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Lawrence, J.; Lyal, C.; Newton, A.; Reid, C.; Schmitt, M.; Slipinski, A.; Smith, A. (2011). Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 88: 1-972. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807
  8. Drost, M.B.P. et al. (1992)
  9. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  10. Klausnitzer, B. (1991)
  11. Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds., 1995: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2. 779-1006.
  12. Miller, Kelly B., and Johannes Bergsten, 2012: Phylogeny and classification of whirligig beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae): relaxed-clock model outperforms parsimony and time-free Bayesian analyses. Systematic Entomology, vol. 37, no. 4. 706-746.
  13. Nilsson, A.N. (1996)
  14. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
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