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Platypus  Herbst, 1793
Taxonomic Serial No.: 114893

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2003   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderCucujiformia Lameere, 1938  
                                        SuperfamilyCurculionoidea Latreille, 1802  
                                           FamilyCurculionidae Latreille, 1802 – snout beetles, weevils, charançons  
                                              SubfamilyPlatypodinae Shuckard, 1820  
                                                 GenusPlatypus Herbst, 1793  
    Direct Children:  
                                                    SpeciesPlatypus abietes Wood, 1958  
                                                    SpeciesPlatypus compositus Say, 1824  
                                                    SpeciesPlatypus flavicornis (Fabricius, 1776)  
                                                    SpeciesPlatypus parallelus (Fabricius, 1801)  
                                                    SpeciesPlatypus pini Hopkins, 1905  
                                                    SpeciesPlatypus quadridentatus (Olivier, 1795)  
                                                    SpeciesPlatypus wilsoni Swaine, 1916  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Platypus   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera   
  Page(s): 14-820   
  Publisher: Entomological Information Services   
  Publication Place: Rockville, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-889002-01-1   
  Notes: Series ISBN is 1-889002-00-3   
  Reference for: Platypus   
       

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