kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Arthropoda >
class: Insecta >
order: Coleoptera >
superfamily: Caraboidea >
family: Carabidae Latreille, 1802 >
subfamily: Licininae Bonelli, 1810 >
tribe: Licinini Bonelli, 1810 >
subtribe: Licinina Bonelli, 1810 >
genus: Badister Clairville, 1806 >