NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2008

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Meliponini
  Subfamily - Apinae
  Family - Apidae
  Superfamily - Apoidea
  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

      Species - Lestrimelitta chamelensis
      Species - Lestrimelitta ciliata
      Species - Lestrimelitta danuncia
      Species - Lestrimelitta ehrhardti
      Species - Lestrimelitta glaberrima
      Species - Lestrimelitta glabrata
      Species - Lestrimelitta guyanensis
      Species - Lestrimelitta limao
      Species - Lestrimelitta maracaia
      Species - Lestrimelitta monodonta
      Species - Lestrimelitta mourei
      Species - Lestrimelitta nana
      Species - Lestrimelitta niitkib
      Species - Lestrimelitta rufa
      Species - Lestrimelitta rufipes
      Species - Lestrimelitta similis
      Species - Lestrimelitta spinosa
      Species - Lestrimelitta sulina
      Species - Lestrimelitta tropica