NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Polyphylla
  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

      Species - Polyphylla aeola
      Species - Polyphylla anteronivea
      Species - Polyphylla arguta
      Species - Polyphylla avittata
      Species - Polyphylla barbata
      Species - Polyphylla brownae
      Species - Polyphylla cavifrons
      Species - Polyphylla comes
      Species - Polyphylla crinita
      Species - Polyphylla decemlineata
      Species - Polyphylla devestiva
      Species - Polyphylla diffracta
      Species - Polyphylla donaldsoni
      Species - Polyphylla erratica
      Species - Polyphylla gracilis
      Species - Polyphylla hammondi
      Species - Polyphylla hirsuta
      Species - Polyphylla mescalerensis
      Species - Polyphylla modulata
      Species - Polyphylla monahansensis
      Species - Polyphylla multimaculata
      Species - Polyphylla nigra
      Species - Polyphylla nubila
      Species - Polyphylla occidentalis
      Species - Polyphylla petitii
      Species - Polyphylla pottsorum
      Species - Polyphylla pubescens
      Species - Polyphylla ratcliffei
      Species - Polyphylla rugosipennis
      Species - Polyphylla sobrina
      Species - Polyphylla squamiventris
      Species - Polyphylla stellata
      Species - Polyphylla variolosa
      Species - Polyphylla woodruffi