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: 2011

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Platypediini
  Subfamily - Tibicininae
  Family - Cicadidae
  Superfamily - Cicadoidea
  Infraorder - Cicadomorpha
  Suborder - Auchenorrhyncha
  Order - Hemiptera
  Superorder - Paraneoptera
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Platypedia aperta
      Species - Platypedia australis
      Species - Platypedia minor
      Species - Platypedia affinis
      Species - Platypedia areolata
      Species - Platypedia balli
      Species - Platypedia barbata
      Species - Platypedia bernardinoensis
      Species - Platypedia mohavensis
      Species - Platypedia putnami
      Species - Platypedia rufipes
      Species - Platypedia scotti
      Species - Platypedia similis
      Species - Platypedia tomentosa
      Species - Platypedia usingeri
      Species - Platypedia vanduzeei
      Species - Platypedia gressitti
      Species - Platypedia sylvesteri
      Species - Platypedia middlekauffi
      Species - Platypedia falcata
      Species - Platypedia laticapitata
      Species - Platypedia mariposa
      Species - Platypedia intermedia