NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Poecilus
  Tribe - Pterostichini
  Subfamily - Harpalinae
  Family - Carabidae
  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 - Poecilus chalcites
      Species - Poecilus coloradensis
      Species - Poecilus corvus
      Species - Poecilus cursitor
      Species - Poecilus cyanicolor
      Species - Poecilus diplophryus
      Species - Poecilus laetulus
      Species - Poecilus lucublandus
      Species - Poecilus mexicanus
      Species - Poecilus occidentalis
      Species - Poecilus scitulus
      Species - Poecilus texanus