NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Infraorder

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  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

      Family - Dixidae
      Family - Corethrellidae
      Family - Chaoboridae
      Family - Culicidae
      Family - Thaumaleidae
      Family - Simuliidae
      Family - Ceratopogonidae
      Family - Chironomidae