Platops xanthinus

Taxonomy

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata () - Snodgrass, 1938
        Superclass: Myriapoda () - Latreille, 1802
        Class: Diplopoda () - millipedes
        Subclass: Helminthomorpha () - 1958
        Order: Callipodida ()
        Family: Abacionidae ()
        Genus: Platops ()
        Specific name: xanthinus - Newport, 1844
        Scientific name: - Platops xanthinus Newport, 1844

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Spelda J., 28-Oct-2004

There are approximately 2 species in this genus:

Jeekel, Casimir Albrecht Willem (1971a): Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957 - Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging 5, pp. 1-412

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