NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2000

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subtribe - Polystephina
  Tribe - Asphondyliini
  Subfamily - Cecidomyiinae
  Family - Cecidomyiidae
  Infraorder - Bibionomorpha
  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 - Polystepha aceris
      Species - Polystepha americana
      Species - Polystepha canadensis
      Species - Polystepha caryae
      Species - Polystepha connecta
      Species - Polystepha cornifolia
      Species - Polystepha globosa
      Species - Polystepha multifila
      Species - Polystepha pilulae
      Species - Polystepha podagrae
      Species - Polystepha pustulata
      Species - Polystepha pustuloides
      Species - Polystepha quercifolia
      Species - Polystepha rhoina
      Species - Polystepha serrata
      Species - Polystepha simpla
      Species - Polystepha sobrina
      Species - Polystepha symmetrica
      Species - Polystepha transversa