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 - Lasiini
  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 - Myrmecocystus christineae
      Species - Myrmecocystus colei
      Species - Myrmecocystus creightoni
      Species - Myrmecocystus depilis
      Species - Myrmecocystus ewarti
      Species - Myrmecocystus flaviceps
      Species - Myrmecocystus hammettensis
      Species - Myrmecocystus intonsus
      Species - Myrmecocystus kathjuli
      Species - Myrmecocystus kennedyi
      Species - Myrmecocystus koso
      Species - Myrmecocystus lugubris
      Species - Myrmecocystus melanoticus
      Species - Myrmecocystus melliger
      Species - Myrmecocystus melliger
      Species - Myrmecocystus mendax
      Species - Myrmecocystus mexicanus
      Species - Myrmecocystus mimicus
      Species - Myrmecocystus navajo
      Species - Myrmecocystus nequazcatl
      Species - Myrmecocystus perimeces
      Species - Myrmecocystus placodops
      Species - Myrmecocystus pyramicus
      Species - Myrmecocystus romainei
      Species - Myrmecocystus semirufus
      Species - Myrmecocystus snellingi
      Species - Myrmecocystus tenuinodis
      Species - Myrmecocystus testaceus
      Species - Myrmecocystus wheeleri
      Species - Myrmecocystus yuma