Taxonomy of Genus Sterna
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 319
21125
328720 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 165
17348
314830 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 62
6400
167168 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 5
1575
54996 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Formicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ant, Ants | 1575
54996 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Sterna
| 27 | Species |
Subnodes of Sterna | Species | Sterna affinis Cretzschmar, 1827
| | | | Species | Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764
Little Tern | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Sterna balaenarum Strickland, 1853
Damara Tern | | | | Species | Sterna bengalensis Lesson, 1831
Lesser Crested Tern | 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Sterna bergii Cretzschmar, 1827
Great Crested Tern, Swift Tern | 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Sterna caspia Pallas, 1770
Caspian Tern | | | | Species | Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813
Roseate Tern | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Sterna fuscata Linnaeus, 1766
Sooty Tern | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Sterna hinrundo
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Common Tern | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Sterna lunata Peale, 1848
Gray-backed Tern, Spectacled Tern | | | | Species | Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
Arctic Tern | | | | Species | Sterna striata J F Gmelin, 1789
Black-naped Tern, White-fronted Tern | | | | Species | Sterna velox Cretzschmar, 1827
| | | | Species | Sterna vittata Reichenow, 1904
Antarctic Tern | 1 | Subspecies |
|
