NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Lepisiota
  Tribe - Plagiolepidini
  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

      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis acholli
      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis anceps
      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis capensis
      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis guineensis
      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis issore
      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis junodi
      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis laevis
      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis lunaris
      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis minuta
      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis simplex
      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis simplicoides
      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis specularis
      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis subopaciceps
      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis thoth
      Subspecies - Lepisiota capensis validiuscula