Afrotormus

Taxonavigation

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: Hydrophilinae
Tribus: Laccobiini
Genus: Afrotormus
Species (2): A. metallescens – A. minutus

Name

• Afrotormus Hansen, 1999
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Gender: masculine
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Afrotormus metallescens Hansen, 1999
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 146]

References

Primary references

• 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 [first availability, see p. 146]

Links

• ION
• ION (species list)
• Nomenclator Zoologicus