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: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subtribe - Myrmeleontina
  Tribe - Myrmeleontini
  Subfamily - Myrmeleontinae
  Family - Myrmeleontidae
  Superfamily - Myrmeleontoidea
  Suborder - Myrmeleontiformia
  Order - Neuroptera
  Superorder - Neuropterida
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subgenus - Myrmeleon (Nehornius)
      Subgenus - Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon)
      Species - Myrmeleon contractus
      Species - Myrmeleon punicanus
      Species - Myrmeleon valentini
      Species - Myrmeleon lambkini
      Species - Myrmeleon niger
      Species - Myrmeleon reticulatus
      Species - Myrmeleon saldaitisi
      Species - Myrmeleon viridis
      Species - Myrmeleon yemenicus
      Species - Myrmeleon tschernovi