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: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Luciolini
  Subfamily - Luciolinae
  Family - Lampyridae
  Superfamily - Elateroidea
  Infraorder - Elateriformia
  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 - Medeopteryx amilae
      Species - Medeopteryx antennata
      Species - Medeopteryx clipeata
      Species - Medeopteryx corusca
      Species - Medeopteryx cribellata
      Species - Medeopteryx effulgens
      Species - Medeopteryx elucens
      Species - Medeopteryx flagrans
      Species - Medeopteryx fulminea
      Species - Medeopteryx hanedai
      Species - Medeopteryx platygaster
      Species - Medeopteryx pupilla
      Species - Medeopteryx similisantennata
      Species - Medeopteryx similispupillae
      Species - Medeopteryx sublustris
      Species - Medeopteryx tarsalis
      Species - Medeopteryx torricelliensis