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

  Subfamily - Ptychopterinae
  Family - Ptychopteridae
  Infraorder - Ptychopteromorpha
  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 - Ptychoptera byersi
      Species - Ptychoptera coloradensis
      Species - Ptychoptera metallica
      Species - Ptychoptera minor
      Species - Ptychoptera monoensis
      Species - Ptychoptera osccola
      Species - Ptychoptera pendula
      Species - Ptychoptera quadrifasciata
      Species - Ptychoptera sculleni
      Species - Ptychoptera townesi
      Species - Ptychoptera uta