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: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Dasypodaini
  Subfamily - Dasypodainae
  Family - Melittidae
  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 - Samba calcarata
      Species - Samba atra
      Species - Samba gessorum
      Species - Samba ogilviei
      Species - Samba tridentata
      Species - Samba fasciata
      Species - Samba rubigoinis
      Species - Samba griseonigra
      Species - Samba spinosa
      Species - Samba ascheri
      Species - Samba turkana