NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Velocipedidae
  Superfamily - Velocipedoidea
  Infraorder - Cimicomorpha
  Suborder - Heteroptera
  Order - Hemiptera
  Superorder - Paraneoptera
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Scotomedes alienus
      Species - Scotomedes yunnanensis
      Species - Scotomedes minor
      Species - Scotomedes gedehensis
      Species - Scotomedes ater
      Species - Scotomedes priscus
      Species - Scotomedes polis
      Species - Scotomedes lemoulti
      Species - Scotomedes doesburgi
      Species - Scotomedes guangxiensis
      Species - Scotomedes rudolfi
      Species - Scotomedes maai
      Species - Scotomedes sumatrensis
      Species - Scotomedes thai
      Species - Scotomedes distanti
      Species - Scotomedes formosanus