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: 2011

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Infraorder - Elateriformia
  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 - Telegeusidae
      Family - Phengodidae
      Family - Lampyridae
      Family - Cantharidae
      Family - Lycidae
      Family - Elateridae
      Family - Throscidae
      Family - Cerophytidae
      Family - Eucnemidae
      Family - Brachypsectridae
      Family - Plastoceridae
      Family - Drilidae
      Family - Omalisidae
      Family - Omethidae
      Family - Artematopodidae
      Family - Rhagophthalmidae