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 - Delphacini
  Subfamily - Delphacinae
  Family - Delphacidae
  Superfamily - Fulgoroidea
  Infraorder - Fulgoromorpha
  Suborder - Auchenorrhyncha
  Order - Hemiptera
  Superorder - Paraneoptera
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Megamelus davisi
      Species - Megamelus aestus
      Species - Megamelus bellicus
      Species - Megamelus bifidus
      Species - Megamelus bifurcatus
      Species - Megamelus coronus
      Species - Megamelus discrepans
      Species - Megamelus distinctus
      Species - Megamelus electrae
      Species - Megamelus falcatus
      Species - Megamelus flavus
      Species - Megamelus gracilis
      Species - Megamelus hamatus
      Species - Megamelus inflatus
      Species - Megamelus iphigeniae
      Species - Megamelus leimonias
      Species - Megamelus leptus
      Species - Megamelus lobatus
      Species - Megamelus longicornis
      Species - Megamelus lunatus
      Species - Megamelus metzaria
      Species - Megamelus notula
      Species - Megamelus palaetus
      Species - Megamelus recurvatus
      Species - Megamelus scutellaris
      Species - Megamelus sponsa
      Species - Megamelus timehri
      Species - Megamelus toddi
      Species - Megamelus trifidus
      Species - Megamelus ungulatus