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: 2010

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Vatellini
  Subfamily - Hydroporinae
  Family - Dytiscidae
  Suborder - Adephaga
  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 - Vatellus tarsatus
      Species - Vatellus ventralis
      Species - Vatellus sahlbergi
      Species - Vatellus mexicanus
      Species - Vatellus maculosus
      Species - Vatellus lateralis
      Species - Vatellus haagi
      Species - Vatellus wheeleri
      Species - Vatellus perforatus
      Species - Vatellus annae
      Species - Vatellus pilacaudus
      Species - Vatellus grandis
      Species - Vatellus bifenestratus
      Species - Vatellus drymetes
      Species - Vatellus amae