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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Sphaeridiinae
Tribus: Tormissini
Genera (3): ExydrusHydrostygnusTormissus
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. 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.

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