NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Plaesius
  Tribe - Platysomatini
  Subfamily - Histerinae
  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 - Plaesius javanus
      Species - Plaesius acutidens
      Species - Plaesius asperimargo
      Species - Plaesius bisinuatus
      Species - Plaesius edentulus
      Species - Plaesius ellipticus
      Species - Plaesius mohouti
      Species - Plaesius planulus
      Species - Plaesius pudicus
      Species - Plaesius ruptistrius
      Species - Plaesius striatipectus