NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2001

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Ponerini
  Subfamily - Ponerinae
  Family - Formicidae
  Superfamily - Vespoidea
  Infraorder - Aculeata
  Suborder - Apocrita
  Order - Hymenoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Plectroctena anops
      Species - Plectroctena conjugata
      Species - Plectroctena cristata
      Species - Plectroctena cryptica
      Species - Plectroctena dentata
      Species - Plectroctena gabonensis
      Species - Plectroctena gestroi
      Species - Plectroctena hastifera
      Species - Plectroctena laevior
      Species - Plectroctena latinodis
      Species - Plectroctena lygaria
      Species - Plectroctena macgeei
      Species - Plectroctena mandibularis
      Species - Plectroctena minor
      Species - Plectroctena strigosa
      Species - Plectroctena subterranea
      Species - Plectroctena ugandensis