Belongs within: Harpalitae.
Phorticosomus is an Australian genus of ground beetles, members of which have a truncate labrum, a small tooth on the mentum and simple tarsi in both sexes.
Phorticosomus Schaum 1863LM87
|--*P. felix Schaum 1863 [incl. P. brunneus Blackburn 1888]LM87
|--P. castelnaui Sloane 1915LM87
|--P. crassus Sloane 1915 [incl. P. crassus brevipennis Sloane 1915]LM87
|--P. edelii Castelnau 1867LM87
|--P. grandis Castelnau 1867LM87
|--P. gularis Sloane 1915LM87
|--P. horni Sloane 1896LM87
|--P. macleayi Sloane 1915LM87
|--P. mucronatus Blackburn 1888LM87
|--P. nuytsii Castelnau 1867 [incl. P. calcaratus Blackburn 1903]LM87
|--P. piceus Sloane 1915LM87
|--P. randalli Blackburn 1890LM87
|--P. robustus Blackburn 1889LM87
|--P. rotundatus Moore 1967LM87
|--P. rugiceps Macleay 1871LM87
|--P. similis Blackburn 1888LM87
`--P. zabroides Sloane 1910LM87
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[LM87] Lawrence, J. F., B. P. Moore, J. E. Pyke & T. A. Weir. 1987. Zoological Catalogue of Australia vol. 4. Coleoptera: Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga. Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra.