Afrotormus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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