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: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Machaerotidae
  Superfamily - Cercopoidea
  Infraorder - Cicadomorpha
  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 - Machaerota choui
      Species - Machaerota conicapita
      Species - Machaerota coomani
      Species - Machaerota coronata
      Species - Machaerota esakii
      Species - Machaerota formosana
      Species - Machaerota fukienicola
      Species - Machaerota jiangxiensis
      Species - Machaerota notoceras
      Species - Machaerota shaanxiensis
      Species - Machaerota taiheisana
      Species - Machaerota yunnanensis