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 - Augochlorini
  Subfamily - Halictinae
  Family - Halictidae
  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 - Megalopta aegis
      Species - Megalopta aeneicollis
      Species - Megalopta aethautis
      Species - Megalopta amoena
      Species - Megalopta atra
      Species - Megalopta boliviensis
      Species - Megalopta byroni
      Species - Megalopta centralis
      Species - Megalopta chaperi
      Species - Megalopta cuprea
      Species - Megalopta fornix
      Species - Megalopta furunculosa
      Species - Megalopta genalis
      Species - Megalopta gibbosa
      Species - Megalopta lecointei
      Species - Megalopta nigriventris
      Species - Megalopta nitidicollis
      Species - Megalopta noctifurax
      Species - Megalopta ochrias
      Species - Megalopta opacicollis
      Species - Megalopta peruana
      Species - Megalopta purpurata
      Species - Megalopta sodalis
      Species - Megalopta sulciventris
      Species - Megalopta tacarunensis
      Species - Megalopta vigilans