NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2012

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Melolonthini
  Subfamily - Melolonthinae
  Family - Scarabaeidae
  Superfamily - Scarabaeoidea
  Infraorder - Scarabeiformia
  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

      Subgenus - Phyllophaga (Chlaenobia)
      Subgenus - Phyllophaga (Cnemarachis)
      Subgenus - Phyllophaga (Listrochelus)
      Subgenus - Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga)
      Subgenus - Phyllophaga (Phytalus)
      Subgenus - Phyllophaga (Tostegoptera)
      Subgenus - Phyllophaga (Triodonyx)
      Species - Phyllophaga gaigei