Pygostenini

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: Pygostenini
Genera (29): Adoketoxenus – Aenictoxenides – Aenictoxenus – Anommatophilus – Anommatoxenus – Asthenepoda – Delibius – Deliodes – Dorylotyphlus – Doryloxenus – Eupygostenus – Krotapholemon – Lydorus – Mandera – Mesomegaskela – Micropolemon – Mimocete – Neopygostenus – Odontoxenus – Pegestenus – Pogostenus – Prodeliodes – Pseudolydorus – Pygoplanus – Pygostenus – Sympolemon – Typhlopolemon – Typhloponemys – Xenidus
Name

Pygostenini Fauvel, 1899: 5

Type genus: Pygostenus Kraatz, 1858.

Synonymy

Sympolemonini Fenyes, 1918: 51
Type genus: Sympolemon Wasmann, 1900.

References
Primary references

Fauvel, A. 1899. III. Sur une Tribu nouvelle de Staphylinides (Pygostenini) et descriptions de genres et espèces. In A. Raffray and A. Fauvel, Genres et espèces de Staphylinides nouveaux d’Afrique. Revue d’Entomologie 18: 5–22. BHL [original description: p. 5]

Additional references

Kistner, D.H.; Taylor, B.G. 2009: New records and new species of Pygostenini from South Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Sociobiology, 54: 561–582. Abstract