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 - Chaoborinae
  Family - Chaoboridae
  Infraorder - Culicomorpha
  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 - Chaoborus albatus
      Species - Chaoborus americanus
      Species - Chaoborus astictopus
      Species - Chaoborus cooki
      Species - Chaoborus crystallinus
      Species - Chaoborus festivus
      Species - Chaoborus flavicans
      Species - Chaoborus maculipes
      Species - Chaoborus punctipennis
      Species - Chaoborus trivittatus
      Species - Chaoborus obscuripes