NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Meloe
  Tribe - Meloini
  Subfamily - Meloinae
  Family - Meloidae
  Superfamily - Tenebrionoidea
  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 - Meloe franciscanus
      Species - Meloe campanicollis
      Species - Meloe occultus
      Species - Meloe exiguus
      Species - Meloe bitoricollis
      Species - Meloe niger
      Species - Meloe dianella
      Species - Meloe angusticollis
      Species - Meloe carbonaceus
      Species - Meloe californicus
      Species - Meloe quadricollis
      Species - Meloe vandykei
      Species - Meloe dugesi
      Species - Meloe nebulosus
      Species - Meloe tropicus
      Species - Meloe strigulosus
      Species - Meloe impressus
      Species - Meloe americanus