Phthirostenus

Enicocephaloidea

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
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Enicocephalomorpha
Superfamilia: Enicocephaloidea

Familia: Enicocephalidae
Subfamilia: Phthirocorinae
Tribus: Phthirocorini
Genus: Phthirostenus
Species (1): P. magnus
Name

Phthirostenus Štys, 2002 ZooBank
Authority for current placement: original
undisputed by all subsequent authorities
Gender: masculine
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Phthirocoris magnus Woodward, 1956
Fixation: original designation [p. 341] [and monotypy]

References
selected references

Štys, P. 2002: Key to the genus-group taxa of the extant Enicocephalomorpha of the World, their list, and taxonomic changes (Heteroptera). Acta Universitatis Carolinae - biologica 45: 339-368. Reference page.
Woodward, T.E. 1956: The Heteroptera of New Zealand Part II - The Enicocephalidae with a supplement to part I (Cydnidae and Pentatomidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 84 (2): 391–430.

Additional references

Gourlay, E.S. 1960: Notes on New Zealand insects and records of introduced species. New Zealand entomologist, 2 (5): 7–9. PDF
Larivière, M.-C.; Larochelle, A. 2004: Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (50 ) ISBN 0-478-09358-6
Štys, P. 2008: Zoogeography of Enicocephalomorpha (Heteroptera). Bulletin of insectology, 61 (1): 137–138. PDF
Wise, K.A.J. 1977: A synonymic checklist of the Hexapoda of the New Zealand sub-region: the smaller orders. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, (11 )