NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Polycesta
  Tribe - Polycestini
  Subfamily - Polycestinae
  Family - Buprestidae
  Superfamily - Buprestoidea
  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 - Polycesta californica
      Species - Polycesta cazieri
      Species - Polycesta crypta
      Species - Polycesta cyanea
      Species - Polycesta elata
      Species - Polycesta hageni
      Species - Polycesta tularensis