NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Mecas
  Tribe - Phytoeciini
  Subfamily - Lamiinae
  Family - Cerambycidae
  Superfamily - Chrysomeloidea
  Infraorder - Cucujiformia
  Suborder - Polyphaga
  Order - Coleoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mecas bicallosa
      Species - Mecas cana
      Species - Mecas cineracea
      Species - Mecas confusa
      Species - Mecas femoralis
      Species - Mecas linsleyi
      Species - Mecas marginella
      Species - Mecas menthae
      Species - Mecas pergrata