NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Anthrenini
  Subfamily - Anthreninae
  Family - Dermestidae
  Superfamily - Bostrichoidea
  Infraorder - Bostrichiformia
  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 - Megatoma ampla
      Species - Megatoma belfragei
      Species - Megatoma cylindrica
      Species - Megatoma dolia
      Species - Megatoma giffardi
      Species - Megatoma leucochlidon
      Species - Megatoma polia
      Species - Megatoma pubescens
      Species - Megatoma variegata
      Species - Megatoma falsa
      Species - Megatoma kaliki
      Species - Megatoma perversa
      Species - Megatoma trichorhopalum
      Species - Megatoma trogodermoides