NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Platynus
  Tribe - Platynini
  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 - Platynus brunneomarginatus
      Species - Platynus decentis
      Species - Platynus opaculus
      Species - Platynus ovipennis
      Species - Platynus tenuicollis
      Species - Platynus trifoveolatus
      Species - Platynus daviesi
      Species - Platynus indecentis
      Species - Platynus parmarginatus