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: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Melittommatinae
  Family - Lymexylidae
  Superfamily - Lymexyloidea
  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 - Melittomma sericeum
      Species - Melittomma africanum
      Species - Melittomma albitarsis
      Species - Melittomma auberti
      Species - Melittomma benitonum
      Species - Melittomma brasiliense
      Species - Melittomma coomani
      Species - Melittomma javanicum
      Species - Melittomma lateritium
      Species - Melittomma marginellum
      Species - Melittomma oculare
      Species - Melittomma perrieri
      Species - Melittomma pervagum
      Species - Melittomma philippensis
      Species - Melittomma pubicolle
      Species - Melittomma sicardi
      Species - Melittomma vigilans
      Species - Melittomma brunnea
      Species - Melittomma nana
      Species - Melittomma panamensis