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Georissus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Taxonomy
Georissus was named by Latreille (1809). It is extant.

It was corrected as Georyssus by Haupt (1956); it was misspelled as Georyssus by Hopkins et al. (1971) and Bouchard et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Georyssidae by Haupt (1956); to Coleoptera by Hopkins et al. (1971); and to Georissinae by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1809Georissus Latreille
1956Georyssus Haupt p. 49
1971Georyssus Hopkins et al.
2011Georissus Bouchard et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHydrophiloidea
familyHydrophilidae
subfamilyGeorissinae(Laporte 1819)
genusGeorissusLatreille 1809

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Georissus Latreille 1809
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available