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: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Libellulidae
  Suborder - Anisoptera
  Order - Odonata
  Infraclass - Palaeoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Orthemis ferruginea
      Species - Orthemis aequilibris
      Species - Orthemis ambinigra
      Species - Orthemis ambirufa
      Species - Orthemis anthracina
      Species - Orthemis attenuata
      Species - Orthemis biolleyi
      Species - Orthemis concolor
      Species - Orthemis cultriformis
      Species - Orthemis flavopicta
      Species - Orthemis levis
      Species - Orthemis nodiplaga
      Species - Orthemis plaumanni
      Species - Orthemis regalis
      Species - Orthemis schmidti
      Species - Orthemis sulphurata
      Species - Orthemis discolor