NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Pseudostigmatidae
  Suborder - Zygoptera
  Order - Odonata
  Infraclass - Palaeoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mecistogaster amalia
      Species - Mecistogaster amazonica
      Species - Mecistogaster asticta
      Species - Mecistogaster buckleyi
      Species - Mecistogaster jocaste
      Species - Mecistogaster linearis
      Species - Mecistogaster lucretia
      Species - Mecistogaster martinezi
      Species - Mecistogaster modesta
      Species - Mecistogaster ornata
      Species - Mecistogaster pronoti