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: 2015

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Chlamydopsinae
  Family - Histeridae
  Superfamily - Histeroidea
  Infraorder - Staphyliniformia
  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 - Orectoscelis attenuatus
      Species - Orectoscelis aurolepidus
      Species - Orectoscelis blackburni
      Species - Orectoscelis circularis
      Species - Orectoscelis duboulaii
      Species - Orectoscelis dumogae
      Species - Orectoscelis halmaherae
      Species - Orectoscelis howdeni
      Species - Orectoscelis humeralis
      Species - Orectoscelis kovariki
      Species - Orectoscelis marginicollis
      Species - Orectoscelis obliquus
      Species - Orectoscelis okei
      Species - Orectoscelis peninsularis
      Species - Orectoscelis punctatus
      Species - Orectoscelis shihoae
      Species - Orectoscelis ubirr
      Species - Orectoscelis westwoodi