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: 2012

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Microcerinae
  Family - Brentidae
  Superfamily - Curculionoidea
  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 - Microcerus annuliger
      Species - Microcerus attenuarus
      Species - Microcerus besckei
      Species - Microcerus bicolor
      Species - Microcerus borrei
      Species - Microcerus costalis
      Species - Microcerus cretaceus
      Species - Microcerus cribellatus
      Species - Microcerus dorsofumatus
      Species - Microcerus fallax
      Species - Microcerus gracilis
      Species - Microcerus grisescens
      Species - Microcerus inaequalis
      Species - Microcerus instertitiopunctatus
      Species - Microcerus latipennis
      Species - Microcerus marshalli
      Species - Microcerus melancholicus
      Species - Microcerus oblongus
      Species - Microcerus pseudoannuliger
      Species - Microcerus retusus
      Species - Microcerus spiniger
      Species - Microcerus subcaudatus