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: 2007

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Platerodinae
  Family - Lycidae
  Superfamily - Elateroidea
  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 - Plateros sanguinicollis
      Species - Plateros arizonensis
      Species - Plateros tumacacori
      Species - Plateros knulli
      Species - Plateros nigerrimus
      Species - Plateros nigrior
      Species - Plateros bidens
      Species - Plateros lictor
      Species - Plateros batillifer
      Species - Plateros coccinicollis
      Species - Plateros roseimargo
      Species - Plateros sollicitus
      Species - Plateros floralis
      Species - Plateros subtortus
      Species - Plateros flavoscutellatus
      Species - Plateros peregrinus
      Species - Plateros ocularis
      Species - Plateros volatus
      Species - Plateros avians
      Species - Plateros capillaris
      Species - Plateros timidus
      Species - Plateros modestus
      Species - Plateros capitatus
      Species - Plateros subfurcatus
      Species - Plateros bispiculatus
      Species - Plateros perditus
      Species - Plateros transpictus
      Species - Plateros devians
      Species - Plateros centralis
      Species - Plateros carinulatus
      Species - Plateros borealis
      Species - Plateros australis