Tormissini

Taxonavigation

Tormissus linsi (male)

Taxonavigation: Hydrophiloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Sphaeridiinae
Tribus: Tormissini
Genera (3): Exydrus – Hydrostygnus – Tormissus

Name

• Tormissini Hansen, 1991
  • Original status: valid tribe
  • Type genus: Tormissus Broun, 1893
  • Stem: Tormiss-

References

Primary references

• Hansen, M. 1991: The hydrophilid beetles: phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea). Biologiske skrifter, (40) ISBN 87-7304-226-9 Google books [first availability, see p. 181]

Additional references

• Hansen, M. 1997: Synopsis of the endemic New Zealand genera of the beetle subfamily Sphaeridiinae (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 24(4): 351–370. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1997.9518130
• Hansen, M. 1999: Fifteen new genera of Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera), with remarks on the generic classification of the family. Entomologica scandinavica, 30(2): 121–172. DOI: 10.1163/187631200X00228
• Fikáček, M., Minoshima, Y., Vondráček, D., Gunter, N. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2013. Morphology of adults and larvae and integrative taxonomy of southern hemisphere genera Tormus and Afrotormus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53(1): 75–126. PDF Reference page.