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: 2001

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Attini
  Subfamily - Myrmicinae
  Family - Formicidae
  Superfamily - Vespoidea
  Infraorder - Aculeata
  Suborder - Apocrita
  Order - Hymenoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Atta texana
      Species - Atta bisphaerica
      Species - Atta capiguara
      Species - Atta cephalotes
      Species - Atta columbica
      Species - Atta dissimilis
      Species - Atta domicola
      Species - Atta goiana
      Species - Atta insularis
      Species - Atta laevigata
      Species - Atta mexicana
      Species - Atta opaciceps
      Species - Atta robusta
      Species - Atta saltensis
      Species - Atta sexdens
      Species - Atta silvae
      Species - Atta vollenweideri