NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2013

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Platynini
  Subfamily - Harpalinae
  Family - Carabidae
  Suborder - Adephaga
  Order - Coleoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Platynus valens
      Subgenus - Platynus (Platynus)
      Subgenus - Platynus (Batenus)
      Subgenus - Platynus (Glyptolenopsis)
      Subgenus - Platynus (Trapezodera)
      Subgenus - Platynus (Dyscolus)
      Subgenus - Platynus (Microplatynus)