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 - Metaponini
  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 - Metapone bakeri
      Species - Metapone emersoni
      Species - Metapone gracilis
      Species - Metapone greeni
      Species - Metapone hewitti
      Species - Metapone jacobsoni
      Species - Metapone johni
      Species - Metapone krombeini
      Species - Metapone leae
      Species - Metapone madagascarica
      Species - Metapone mjobergi
      Species - Metapone nicobarensis
      Species - Metapone sauteri
      Species - Metapone tillyardi
      Species - Metapone tricolor
      Species - Metapone truki