Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > 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. Volume XV. Printed for the author: London. 48 folio's [198 pages] pp.
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	Nomenclator Zoologicus
additional source	Frank, J.H.; Ahn, K.-J. (2011). Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. ZooKeys 107: 1-98.