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 - Prosimuliini
  Subfamily - Simuliinae
  Family - Simuliidae
  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 - Metacnephia borealis
      Species - Metacnephia freytagi
      Species - Metacnephia jeanae
      Species - Metacnephia pallipes
      Species - Metacnephia saskatchewana
      Species - Metacnephia sommermanae
      Species - Metacnephia villosa