Subgenus Enoplurus Hope, 1838

Enoplurus Hope, 1838: 128 (Type species: Hydrophilus spinosus Steven, 1808).

Anchialus Thomson, 1859: 17 (Type species: Hydrophilus spinosus Steven, 1808).

Acanthoberosus Kuwert, 1888c: 130 (Type species: Hydrophilus spinosus Steven, 1808).