Phorticosomus

Life-forms

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: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Harpalinae
Supertribus: Harpalitae
Tribus: Harpalini
Subtribus: Ditomina
Genus: Phorticosomus

Species: P. castelnaui – P. crassus – P. edelii – P. felix – P. franzi – P. grandis – P. gularis – P. horni – P. macleayi – P. mucronatus – P. nuytsii – P. piceus – P. randalli – P. robustus – P. rotundatus – P. rugiceps – P. similis – P. zabroides
Name

Phorticosomus Schaum, 1863: 78

Type species: Phorticosomus felix Schaum, 1863 (monotypy)
References
Primary references

Schaum, H. 1863. Descriptions of four new genera of Carabidae. The Journal of Entomology 2: 74–78. BHL Reference page.

Links

Phorticosomus – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Phorticosomus – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Phorticosomus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:[1]

Phorticosomus castelnaui Sloane, 1915
Phorticosomus crassus Sloane, 1915
Phorticosomus edelii Castelnau, 1867
Phorticosomus felix Schaum, 1863
Phorticosomus franzi Baehr, 1998
Phorticosomus grandis Castelnau, 1867
Phorticosomus gularis Sloane, 1915
Phorticosomus horni Sloane, 1896
Phorticosomus macleayi Sloane, 1915
Phorticosomus mucronatus Blackburn, 1888
Phorticosomus nuytsii Castelnau, 1867
Phorticosomus piceus Sloane, 1915
Phorticosomus randalli Blackburn, 1890
Phorticosomus robustus Blackburn, 1889
Phorticosomus rotundatus Moore, 1967
Phorticosomus rugiceps Macleay, 1871
Phorticosomus similis Blackburn, 1888
Phorticosomus zabroides Sloane, 1910

References

"Phorticosomus Shaum, 1863". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 5 Jul 2011.