Invalid subtaxa: Escheria Heer 1847 [nomen dubium], Escheria bella Heer 1862 [nomen dubium], Escheria ovalis Heer 1847 [nomen dubium]
Parent taxon: Hydrophiloidea according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Cretotaenia, Georyssidae, Histeridae, Hydrochidae, Hydrophilopsia, Laetopsia, Liadytidae, Parahygrobiidae, Sinosperchopsis, Spercheidae, Sphaeritidae, Synteliidae
Subtaxa: Anacaena, Berosini, Cercyon, Creniphilites, Cretohelophorus, Cretosperchus, Enochrus, Epimetopinae, Escheria protogaeae, Georissinae, Helochares, Helophorinae, Horelophinae, Hydrochinae, Hydrochus, Hydrophilinae, Hydrous, Laccobiini, Laccobius, Leptobrochus, Litobrochus, Mesobrochus, Mesydra, Ochthebius, Paladicella, Paraspercheus, Penitus, Philhydrus, Philydrus, Prospercheus, Spercheinae, Sphaeridiinae, Tropisternus
Type: Hydrophilina
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