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: 2016

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Infraorder - Cucujiformia
  Suborder - Polyphaga
  Order - Coleoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Cleridae
      Family - Melyridae
      Family - Byturidae
      Family - Prionoceridae
      Family - Phloiophilidae
      Family - Chaetosomatidae
      Family - Acanthocnemidae
      Family - Phycosecidae
      Family - Biphyllidae
      Family - Attalomimidae
      Family - Mauroniscidae
      Family - Metaxinidae
      Family - Trogossitidae
      Family - Thanerocleridae