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: 2012

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Arrhenodini
  Subfamily - Brentinae
  Family - Brentidae
  Superfamily - Curculionoidea
  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 - Prophthalmus apparatus
      Species - Prophthalmus bourgeoisi
      Species - Prophthalmus brevis
      Species - Prophthalmus heikertingeri
      Species - Prophthalmus longirostris
      Species - Prophthalmus mutabilis
      Species - Prophthalmus nigropunctatus
      Species - Prophthalmus obscurus
      Species - Prophthalmus planipennis
      Species - Prophthalmus potens
      Species - Prophthalmus pugnator
      Species - Prophthalmus ruficornis
      Species - Prophthalmus rugosicollis
      Species - Prophthalmus tricolor
      Species - Prophthalmus tridentatus
      Species - Prophthalmus versicolor
      Species - Prophthalmus wichmanni