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 - Pentispa distincta
      Species - Pentispa melanura
      Species - Pentispa suturalis
      Species - Pentispa aequatoriana
      Species - Pentispa amplipennis
      Species - Pentispa atrocaerulea
      Species - Pentispa beata
      Species - Pentispa bilimeki
      Species - Pentispa candezei
      Species - Pentispa chevrolati
      Species - Pentispa clarkella
      Species - Pentispa cristata
      Species - Pentispa cyanipennis
      Species - Pentispa emarginata
      Species - Pentispa explanata
      Species - Pentispa fairmairei
      Species - Pentispa geniculata
      Species - Pentispa morio
      Species - Pentispa parumpunctata
      Species - Pentispa perroudi
      Species - Pentispa pratti
      Species - Pentispa sallaei
      Species - Pentispa sanguinipennis
      Species - Pentispa sulcifrons
      Species - Pentispa vittatipennis
      Species - Pentispa viturati
      Species - Pentispa larssoni
      Species - Pentispa rockefelleri
      Species - Pentispa collaris