NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Superfamily

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Infraorder - Pentatomomorpha
  Suborder - Heteroptera
  Order - Hemiptera
  Superorder - Paraneoptera
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Piesmatidae
      Family - Berytidae
      Family - Lygaeidae
      Family - Geocoridae
      Family - Artheneidae
      Family - Blissidae
      Family - Colobathristidae
      Family - Cryptorhamphidae
      Family - Cymidae
      Family - Heterogastridae
      Family - Malcidae
      Family - Ninidae
      Family - Oxycarenidae
      Family - Pachygronthidae
      Family - Rhyparochromidae