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 - Eucerini
  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 - Melissoptila micheneri
      Species - Melissoptila otomita
      Species - Melissoptila albinoi
      Species - Melissoptila aliceae
      Species - Melissoptila amazonica
      Species - Melissoptila argentina
      Species - Melissoptila aurea
      Species - Melissoptila aureocincta
      Species - Melissoptila bahiana
      Species - Melissoptila boliviana
      Species - Melissoptila bonaerensis
      Species - Melissoptila buzzii
      Species - Melissoptila cacerensis
      Species - Melissoptila carinata
      Species - Melissoptila catamarcensis
      Species - Melissoptila chilena
      Species - Melissoptila claudii
      Species - Melissoptila clypeata
      Species - Melissoptila cnecomala
      Species - Melissoptila dama
      Species - Melissoptila desiderata
      Species - Melissoptila ecuatoriana
      Species - Melissoptila fiebrigi
      Species - Melissoptila fulvonigra
      Species - Melissoptila grafi
      Species - Melissoptila hirsutula
      Species - Melissoptila inducens
      Species - Melissoptila larocai
      Species - Melissoptila marinonii
      Species - Melissoptila mielkei
      Species - Melissoptila minarum
      Species - Melissoptila mirnae
      Species - Melissoptila montanicola
      Species - Melissoptila moureana
      Species - Melissoptila ochromelaena
      Species - Melissoptila ornata
      Species - Melissoptila pacifica
      Species - Melissoptila paraguayensis
      Species - Melissoptila paranaensis
      Species - Melissoptila plumata
      Species - Melissoptila pubescens
      Species - Melissoptila renatoi
      Species - Melissoptila richardiae
      Species - Melissoptila sertanicola
      Species - Melissoptila setigera
      Species - Melissoptila sexcincta
      Species - Melissoptila similis
      Species - Melissoptila solangeae
      Species - Melissoptila tandilensis
      Species - Melissoptila thoracica
      Species - Melissoptila trifasciata
      Species - Melissoptila uncicornis
      Species - Melissoptila villosa
      Species - Melissoptila vulpecula
      Species - Melissoptila flaviventris