Taxonavigation

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophilinae
Tribus: Laccobiini
Genus: Tormus
Species: Tormus helmsi
Synonym: Tormus nitidus

Name

• Tormus nitidus Broun, 1893
  • Authority for placement: Fikáček et al., 2013: 96 ('syn. nov.')
    • Hansen, 1997: 360 ('syn. n.')
  • Original genus: Tormus Sharp, 1884
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Hansen, 1997: 360
    • Description: [adult]
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: "Capleston Westland / New Zealand"

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1893: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts V, VI, VII. New Zealand Institute, Wellington. BHL BUGZ [first availability, see p. 1402]

• 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 . Reference page.  [lectotype designation, see p. 360]

References

• Fikáček, M. et al. 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.  [see p. 96]