Phytosus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia:Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Phytosini
Genus: Phytosus
Subgenera: Actosus

Species overview: P. andalusiaensis – P. balticus – P. caribeanus – P. fenyesi – P. nigriventris – P. schatzmayri – P. spinifer

Invalid species names: P. holtzi
Name

Phytosus Curtis, 1838: pl. 718

Type species: Phytosus spinifer Curtis, 1838, fixed by original designation.

References
Primary references

Curtis, J. 1838. British Entomology, being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland; containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plant upon which they are found. Volume XV, pls. 674–721. L. Reeve & Co., London. [original description: pl. 718]