NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Melanthrips
  Family - Melanthripidae
  Suborder - Terebrantia
  Order - Thysanoptera
  Superorder - Paraneoptera
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Melanthrips digitus
      Species - Melanthrips insulsus
      Species - Melanthrips fuscus
      Species - Melanthrips gracilicornis
      Species - Melanthrips pallidior