Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Infraclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Staphyliniformia > Superfamily Staphylinoidea > Family Staphylinidae > Subfamily Aleocharinae > Tribe Phytosini

Phytosus Curtis, 1838

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Phytosus (Actosus)
Phytosus (Phytosus)

Literature

original description	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 plants upon which they are found. Printed for the author: London. 15: 198pp.
basis of record	Haghebaert, G. (1989). Coleoptera from marine habitats, in: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". pp. 301-308
additional source	Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp.
additional source	Frank, H.; Ahn, K.-J. (2011). Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. ZooKeys. 107: 1-98.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].