Pygostenus

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
Genus: Pygostenus
Species: P. jeffersoni – P. magnus – P. microcerus – P. rufobrunneus – P. wenzeli
Name

Pygostenus Kraatz, 1858: 361

Type species: Pygostenus microcerus Kraatz, 1858, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

Pygoxenus — Fauvel, 1899: 7 [lapsus for Pygostenus]

References
Primary references

Kraatz, G. 1858. Einige neue und ausgezeichnete Staphylinen-Gattungen. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 2: 361–368. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.18580020310 [original description: p. 361]