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: 2011

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Cryptonychini
  Subfamily - Cassidinae
  Family - Chrysomelidae
  Superfamily - Chrysomeloidea
  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

      Species - Brontispa chalybeipennis
      Species - Brontispa mariana
      Species - Brontispa palauensis
      Species - Brontispa castaneipennis
      Species - Brontispa depressa
      Species - Brontispa gleadowi
      Species - Brontispa lateralis
      Species - Brontispa limbata
      Species - Brontispa linearis
      Species - Brontispa longissima
      Species - Brontispa archontophoenicia
      Species - Brontispa balakae
      Species - Brontispa calami
      Species - Brontispa eversi
      Species - Brontispa minor
      Species - Brontispa norfolkensis
      Species - Brontispa sacchari
      Species - Brontispa serricornis
      Species - Brontispa simonthomasi
      Species - Brontispa veitchiae
      Species - Brontispa castanea
      Species - Brontispa palmivora
      Species - Brontispa cyperaceae