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In zoology, a Taxon is usually assigned to a ''rank'' in a hierarchy. The ICZN divides names in "family-group names", "genus group-names" and "species-group names". The ''ICZN'' explicitly mentions: - - - superfamily ''family'' - - - subfamily - - - tribe - - - subtribe ''genus'' - - - subgenus ''species'' - - - subspecies The rules in the 'Code' of the ''ICZN'' apply to the ranks of superfamily to subspecies, and only to some extent to those above the rank of superfamily. In the "genus group" and "species group" no further ranks are allowed. In practise, additional ranks such as species group, '''species subgroup''', and '''species complex''' are sometimes added as extra, but unofficial, ranks between the subgenus and super species levels in Taxa with many species (e.g. the genus '' Drosophila ''). Names of zoological taxa
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