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: 2018

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subtribe - Melitturgina
  Tribe - Panurgini
  Subfamily - Panurginae
  Family - Andrenidae
  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 - Melitturga albescens
      Species - Melitturga barbarae
      Species - Melitturga capensis
      Species - Melitturga caucasica
      Species - Melitturga caudata
      Species - Melitturga clavicornis
      Species - Melitturga flavomarginata
      Species - Melitturga krausi
      Species - Melitturga mongolica
      Species - Melitturga oraniensis
      Species - Melitturga penrithorum
      Species - Melitturga pictipes
      Species - Melitturga praestans
      Species - Melitturga rubricata
      Species - Melitturga spinosa
      Species - Melitturga syriaca
      Species - Melitturga taurica
      Species - Melitturga heinrichi