NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Eciton
  Tribe - Ecitonini
  Subfamily - Ecitoninae
  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

      Subspecies - Eciton mexicanum argentinum
      Subspecies - Eciton mexicanum goianum
      Subspecies - Eciton mexicanum latidens
      Subspecies - Eciton mexicanum mexicanum
      Subspecies - Eciton mexicanum moralum
      Subspecies - Eciton mexicanum panamense