-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-​Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

-Longhorn Beetles (Family Cerambycidae)​

-​Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Subfamily Lamiinae)

-Tribe Lamiini​

-Genus Ptychodes

-Ptychodes guttulatus

Ptychodes guttulatus is a species of flat-faced longhorn beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae, specifically in the subfamily Lamiinae. The body is predominantly dark brown to black, adorned with distinctive white spots (the name guttulatus refers to these "spotted" markings). Prefers hardwoods, often selecting species that are stressed, dead, or decaying.