living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
           Subphylum Uniramia Snodgrass, 1935 see Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848
             Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
               Subclass Pterygota Lang, 1888 - winged insects see Infraclass Pterygota Lang, 1888
                 Infraclass Neoptera Martynov, 1923 - modern, wing-folding insects see Division Neoptera Martynov, 1923
                   Superorder Hemipterodea see Subdivision Paraneoptera
                     Order Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 - true bugs
                       Group Cimicomorpha Leston et al., 1954 see Infraorder Cimicomorpha Leston et al., 1954
                         Superfamily Cimicoidea Batsch, 1789
                           Family Medocostidae Štys, 1967
                             Genus Medocosta Slater, 1982 see Genus Medocostes Štys, 1967