Family Gyrinidae Latreille 1810 (whirligig beetle)
Parent taxon: Adephaga according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Amphizoidae, Amphoxyne, Carabidae, Carabiformia, Carabilarva, Chimaerocoleus, Colymbotethidae, Coptoclavidae, Dytiscidae, Eodromeites, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae, Memptus, Necronectulus, Noteridae, Pseudomorphinae, Rhysodidae, Trachypachidae, Triadogyrus, Triaplidae, Tritarsidae
Subtaxa: Anagyrinus, Angarogyrus, Avitortor, Baissogyrus, Coptogyrinus, Cretotortor, Dineutes, Gyretes, Gyrininae, Gyrinites, Gyrinoides, Gyrinopsis, Gyrinulopsis, Gyrinus, Mesodineutes, Mesogyrus, Miodineutes, Orectochilus, Paragyrinus, Phaulogyrinus, Protogyrinus, Spanglerogyrinae, Xenogyrinus
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