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: 2007

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Limnichinae
  Family - Limnichidae
  Superfamily - Byrrhoidea
  Infraorder - Elateriformia
  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 - Pelochares acuminatus
      Species - Pelochares acutipennis
      Species - Pelochares alluaudi
      Species - Pelochares basilewskyi
      Species - Pelochares biroi
      Species - Pelochares congoensis
      Species - Pelochares densatus
      Species - Pelochares diversus
      Species - Pelochares emarginatus
      Species - Pelochares gibbipennis
      Species - Pelochares minutus
      Species - Pelochares murinus
      Species - Pelochares oblongulus
      Species - Pelochares orientalis
      Species - Pelochares philippinensis
      Species - Pelochares rugiventrus
      Species - Pelochares ryukyuensis
      Species - Pelochares sulciger
      Species - Pelochares versicolor
      Species - Pelochares vitalisi