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 - Howdenia fischeri
      Species - Howdenia frontalis
      Species - Howdenia nigerrima
      Species - Howdenia punctata
      Species - Howdenia coroicoensis
      Species - Howdenia golbachi
      Species - Howdenia columbiana
      Species - Howdenia minutissima
      Species - Howdenia neblinensis
      Species - Howdenia robusta