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: 2008

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Mastinocerini
  Subfamily - Phengodinae
  Family - Phengodidae
  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 - Phrixothrix acuminatus
      Species - Phrixothrix alboterminatus
      Species - Phrixothrix belemensis
      Species - Phrixothrix gibbosus
      Species - Phrixothrix heydeni
      Species - Phrixothrix hieronymi
      Species - Phrixothrix hirtus
      Species - Phrixothrix impressus
      Species - Phrixothrix microphthalmus
      Species - Phrixothrix obscurus
      Species - Phrixothrix pickeli
      Species - Phrixothrix reducticornis
      Species - Phrixothrix staphylinoides
      Species - Phrixothrix tiemanni
      Species - Phrixothrix peruanus
      Species - Phrixothrix vianai
      Species - Phrixothrix clypeatus
      Species - Phrixothrix vivianii