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: 2013

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Infraorder - Scarabeiformia
  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 - Lucanidae
      Family - Passalidae
      Family - Scarabaeidae
      Family - Geotrupidae
      Family - Trogidae
      Family - Glaresidae
      Family - Pleocomidae
      Family - Diphyllostomatidae
      Family - Belohinidae
      Family - Ochodaeidae
      Family - Hybosoridae
      Family - Glaphyridae