Adephaga

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Adephaga Temporal range: Changhsingian/Induan–Holocene, 251.2–0 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cybister limbatus, a member of the family Dytiscidae (predaceous diving beetle)
Catascopus facialis a member of the family Carabidae (ground beetles)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806
Families
Gyrinidae (whirligig beetles) Geadephaga Carabidae (ground beetles) Cicindelidae (tiger beetles) Trachypachidae †Triaplidae Haliplidae Dytiscoidea Amphizoidae Aspidytidae Dytiscidae (diving beetles) Hygrobiidae Meruidae Noteridae †Coptoclavidae †Parahygrobiidae †Liadytidae †Colymbothetidae

The Adephaga (from Greek ἀδηφάγος, adephagos, "gluttonous") are a suborder of beetles, and with more than 40,000 recorded species in 10 families, the second-largest of the four beetle suborders. Members of this suborder are collectively known as adephagans. The largest family is Carabidae (ground beetles) which comprises most of the suborder with over 40,000 species. Adephaga also includes a variety of aquatic beetles, such as predaceous diving beetles and whirligig beetles.