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: 2009

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Polycaoninae
  Family - Bostrichidae
  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 - Melalgus exesus
      Species - Melalgus confertus
      Species - Melalgus megalops
      Species - Melalgus plicatus
      Species - Melalgus amoenus
      Species - Melalgus batillus
      Species - Melalgus borneensis
      Species - Melalgus caribeanus
      Species - Melalgus crassulus
      Species - Melalgus digueti
      Species - Melalgus feanus
      Species - Melalgus femoralis
      Species - Melalgus gonagrus
      Species - Melalgus gracilipes
      Species - Melalgus jamaicensis
      Species - Melalgus longitarsus
      Species - Melalgus parvidens
      Species - Melalgus parvulus
      Species - Melalgus rufipes
      Species - Melalgus strigipennis
      Species - Melalgus subdepressus
      Species - Melalgus talpula
      Species - Melalgus truncatus
      Species - Melalgus valleculatus
      Species - Melalgus japonicum