NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: unknown

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Blepharicerini
  Subfamily - Blepharicerinae
  Family - Blephariceridae
  Infraorder - Blephariceromorpha
  Suborder - Nematocera
  Order - Diptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Blepharicera appalachiae
      Species - Blepharicera capitata
      Species - Blepharicera cherokea
      Species - Blepharicera coweetae
      Species - Blepharicera diminutiva
      Species - Blepharicera jordani
      Species - Blepharicera micheneri
      Species - Blepharicera ostensackeni
      Species - Blepharicera similans
      Species - Blepharicera tenuipes
      Species - Blepharicera williamsae
      Species - Blepharicera zionensis