NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2003

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Curculionidae
  Superfamily - Curculionoidea
  Infraorder - Cucujiformia
  Suborder - Polyphaga
  Order - Coleoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Epimechus adspersus
      Species - Epimechus aemulus
      Species - Epimechus alutaceus
      Species - Epimechus arenicolor
      Species - Epimechus canoides
      Species - Epimechus curvipes
      Species - Epimechus flavirostris
      Species - Epimechus mimicus
      Species - Epimechus mobilis
      Species - Epimechus modicus
      Species - Epimechus nanulus
      Species - Epimechus nevadicus
      Species - Epimechus soriculus
      Species - Epimechus stragulus