NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Messor
  Tribe - Pheidolini
  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

      Subspecies - Messor barbarus barbarus
      Subspecies - Messor barbarus gallaoides
      Subspecies - Messor barbarus mediosanguineus
      Subspecies - Messor barbarus nigricans
      Subspecies - Messor barbarus politus
      Subspecies - Messor barbarus sahlbergi
      Subspecies - Messor barbarus santschii