Adephaga

Adephaga; Temporal range: Changhsingian/Induan–Holocene,
	Cybister limbatus, a member of the family Dytiscidae (predaceous diving beetle)
	Catascopus facialis a member of the family Carabidae (ground beetles)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	; 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.

^ Wang, Yan-hui; Engel, Michael S.; Rafael, José A.; Wu, Hao-yang; Rédei, Dávid; Xie, Qiang; Wang, Gang; Liu, Xiao-guang; Bu, Wen-jun (2016). "Fossil record of stem groups employed in evaluating the chronogram of insects (Arthropoda: Hexapoda)". Scientific Reports. 6: 38939. Bibcode:2016NatSR...638939W. doi:10.1038/srep38939. PMC 5154178. PMID 27958352.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)

[Wang2016-1] Wang, Yan-hui; Engel, Michael S.; Rafael, José A.; Wu, Hao-yang; Rédei, Dávid; Xie, Qiang; Wang, Gang; Liu, Xiao-guang; Bu, Wen-jun (2016). "Fossil record of stem groups employed in evaluating the chronogram of insects (Arthropoda: Hexapoda)". Scientific Reports. 6: 38939. Bibcode:2016NatSR...638939W. doi:10.1038/srep38939. PMC 5154178. PMID 27958352.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)