NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Platypria
  Tribe - Hispini
  Subfamily - Cassidinae
  Family - Chrysomelidae
  Superfamily - Chrysomeloidea
  Infraorder - Cucujiformia
  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 - Platypria abdominalis
      Species - Platypria centetes
      Species - Platypria clavareaui
      Species - Platypria coendu
      Species - Platypria coronata
      Species - Platypria corpulenta
      Species - Platypria decemspinosa
      Species - Platypria ertli
      Species - Platypria funebris
      Species - Platypria luctuosa
      Species - Platypria natalensis
      Species - Platypria nigrospinosa
      Species - Platypria nodifera
      Species - Platypria tuberculata
      Species - Platypria ugandina
      Species - Platypria hastulata