NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Superfamily

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Suborder - Sternorrhyncha
  Order - Hemiptera
  Superorder - Paraneoptera
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Margarodidae
      Family - Ortheziidae
      Family - Diaspididae
      Family - Coccidae
      Family - Aclerdidae
      Family - Lacciferidae
      Family - Asterolecaniidae
      Family - Pseudococcidae
      Family - Eriococcidae
      Family - Dactylopiidae
      Family - Kermidae
      Family - Kermesidae
      Family - Conchaspididae