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 - Ericrocidini
  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 - Mesoplia azurea
      Species - Mesoplia bifrons
      Species - Mesoplia decorata
      Species - Mesoplia dugesi
      Species - Mesoplia guatemalensis
      Species - Mesoplia imperatrix
      Species - Mesoplia insignis
      Species - Mesoplia regalis
      Species - Mesoplia rufipes
      Species - Mesoplia alboguttata
      Species - Mesoplia chalybaea
      Species - Mesoplia friesei
      Species - Mesoplia guedesi
      Species - Mesoplia pilicrus
      Species - Mesoplia simillima