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: 2013

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Alcestini
  Family - Tropiduchidae
  Superfamily - Fulgoroidea
  Infraorder - Fulgoromorpha
  Suborder - Auchenorrhyncha
  Order - Hemiptera
  Superorder - Paraneoptera
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Alcestis lunata
      Species - Alcestis quadrata
      Species - Alcestis vitrea
      Species - Alcestis ingens
      Species - Alcestis costalis
      Species - Alcestis romani
      Species - Alcestis pallescens
      Species - Alcestis docilis
      Species - Alcestis instans