kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Arthropoda >
class: Insecta >
order: Coleoptera >
superfamily: Caraboidea >
family: Carabidae Latreille, 1802 >
subfamily: Platyninae Bonelli, 1810 >
tribe: Platynini Bonelli, 1810 >
subtribe: Platynina Bonelli, 1810 >
genus: Platynus Bonelli, 1810 >
Mexico