NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2008

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Silini
  Subfamily - Silinae
  Family - Cantharidae
  Superfamily - Elateroidea
  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 - Polemius arizonensis
      Species - Polemius binotatus
      Species - Polemius canadensis
      Species - Polemius languidus
      Species - Polemius laticornis
      Species - Polemius limbatus
      Species - Polemius niger
      Species - Polemius princeps
      Species - Polemius strenuus
      Species - Polemius repandus
      Species - Polemius suturalis
      Species - Polemius telephoroides
      Species - Polemius regularis