NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Cyrtacanthacridinae
  Family - Acrididae
  Superfamily - Acridoidea
  Infraorder - Acrididea
  Suborder - Caelifera
  Order - Orthoptera
  Superorder - Polyneoptera
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Schistocerca americana
      Species - Schistocerca nitens
      Species - Schistocerca albolineata
      Species - Schistocerca alutacea
      Species - Schistocerca ceratiola
      Species - Schistocerca damnifica
      Species - Schistocerca impleta
      Species - Schistocerca lineata
      Species - Schistocerca obscura
      Species - Schistocerca rubiginosa
      Species - Schistocerca shoshone
      Species - Schistocerca camerata
      Species - Schistocerca emarginata