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: 2011

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Chalepini
  Subfamily - Cassidinae
  Family - Chrysomelidae
  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 - Microrhopala erebus
      Species - Microrhopala excavata
      Species - Microrhopala floridana
      Species - Microrhopala hecate
      Species - Microrhopala rileyi
      Species - Microrhopala rubrolineata
      Species - Microrhopala vittata
      Species - Microrhopala xerene
      Species - Microrhopala inermis
      Species - Microrhopala beckeri
      Species - Microrhopala ciliata
      Species - Microrhopala columbica
      Species - Microrhopala moseri
      Species - Microrhopala perforata
      Species - Microrhopala pulchella
      Species - Microrhopala sallei
      Species - Microrhopala unicolor