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 - Melophorini
  Subfamily - Formicinae
  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 - Melophorus aeneovirens
      Species - Melophorus anderseni
      Species - Melophorus bagoti
      Species - Melophorus biroi
      Species - Melophorus bruneus
      Species - Melophorus constans
      Species - Melophorus curtus
      Species - Melophorus fieldi
      Species - Melophorus fulvohirtus
      Species - Melophorus hirsutus
      Species - Melophorus insularis
      Species - Melophorus iridescens
      Species - Melophorus laticeps
      Species - Melophorus ludius
      Species - Melophorus majeri
      Species - Melophorus marius
      Species - Melophorus mjobergi
      Species - Melophorus omniparens
      Species - Melophorus pillipes
      Species - Melophorus potteri
      Species - Melophorus scipio
      Species - Melophorus turneri
      Species - Melophorus wheeleri