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: 2008

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Meliponini
  Subfamily - Apinae
  Family - Apidae
  Superfamily - Apoidea
  Infraorder - Aculeata
  Suborder - Apocrita
  Order - Hymenoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Frieseomelitta dispar
      Species - Frieseomelitta doederleini
      Species - Frieseomelitta flavicornis
      Species - Frieseomelitta francoi
      Species - Frieseomelitta languida
      Species - Frieseomelitta lehmanni
      Species - Frieseomelitta longipes
      Species - Frieseomelitta nigra
      Species - Frieseomelitta paranigra
      Species - Frieseomelitta paupera
      Species - Frieseomelitta portoi
      Species - Frieseomelitta silvestrii
      Species - Frieseomelitta trichocerata
      Species - Frieseomelitta varia