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 - Laccophilini
  Subfamily - Laccophilinae
  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 - Africophilus bartolozzii
      Species - Africophilus basilewskyi
      Species - Africophilus cesii
      Species - Africophilus congener
      Species - Africophilus differens
      Species - Africophilus inopinatus
      Species - Africophilus jansei
      Species - Africophilus josi
      Species - Africophilus montalentii
      Species - Africophilus nesiotes
      Species - Africophilus omercooperae
      Species - Africophilus pauliani
      Species - Africophilus sanfilippoi
      Species - Africophilus sinuaticauda
      Species - Africophilus stoltzei
      Species - Africophilus uzungwai
      Species - Africophilus walterrossii