NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Ptinus
  Family - Ptinidae
  Superfamily - Bostrichoidea
  Infraorder - Bostrichiformia
  Suborder - Polyphaga
  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 - Ptinus fur
      Species - Ptinus agnatus
      Species - Ptinus alternatus
      Species - Ptinus bicinctus
      Species - Ptinus clavipes
      Species - Ptinus villiger
      Species - Ptinus caelebs
      Species - Ptinus cognatus
      Species - Ptinus gandolphei
      Species - Ptinus latro
      Species - Ptinus verticalis