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 - Mastinocerini
  Subfamily - Phengodinae
  Family - Phengodidae
  Superfamily - Elateroidea
  Infraorder - Elateriformia
  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 - Distremocephalus californicus
      Species - Distremocephalus mexicanus
      Species - Distremocephalus opaculus
      Species - Distremocephalus texanus
      Species - Distremocephalus barrerai
      Species - Distremocephalus beutelspacheri
      Species - Distremocephalus leonilae
      Species - Distremocephalus wittmeri
      Species - Distremocephalus buenoi
      Species - Distremocephalus rufocaudatus
      Species - Distremocephalus chiapensis