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Megatoma  Herbst, 1792
Taxonomic Serial No.: 728079

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2006   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderBostrichiformia Forbes, 1926  
                                        SuperfamilyBostrichoidea Latreille, 1802  
                                           FamilyDermestidae Latreille, 1804 – dermestid beetles, skin beetles  
                                              SubfamilyMegatominae Leach, 1815  
                                                 GenusMegatoma Herbst, 1792  
    Direct Children:  
                                                    Species Megatoma ampla (Casey, 1900)  
                                                    Species Megatoma belfragei (LeConte, 1874)  
                                                    Species Megatoma cylindrica (Kirby, 1837)  
                                                    Species Megatoma dolia Beal, 1967  
                                                    Species Megatoma falsa (Horn, 1875)  
                                                    Species Megatoma giffardi (Blaisdell, 1927)  
                                                    Species Megatoma kaliki (Beal, 1967)  
                                                    Species Megatoma leucochlidon Beal, 1967  
                                                    Species Megatoma perversa (Fall, 1926)  
                                                    Species Megatoma polia Beal, 1967  
                                                    Species Megatoma pubescens (Zetterstedt, 1828)  
                                                    Species Megatoma trichorhopalum (Beal, 1967)  
                                                    Species Megatoma trogodermoides (Beal, 1967)  
                                                    Species Megatoma variegata (Horn, 1875)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Beal, R. S., Jr.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Annotated Checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with Revised Key to the Genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Coleopterists' Bulletin, vol. 57, no. 4   
  Page(s): 391-404   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0010-065X   
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