NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Orthocladiinae
  Family - Chironomidae
  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 - Orthocladius davisi
      Species - Orthocladius grimshawi
      Species - Orthocladius membranisesoria
      Species - Orthocladius williamsi
      Species - Orthocladius albidohalteralis
      Species - Orthocladius anteilis
      Species - Orthocladius astis
      Species - Orthocladius claripennis
      Species - Orthocladius clepsydrius
      Species - Orthocladius glacialis
      Species - Orthocladius graminicola
      Species - Orthocladius minutus
      Species - Orthocladius thienemanni
      Species - Orthocladius traenis
      Species - Orthocladius xethis
      Subgenus - Orthocladius (Eudactylocladius)
      Subgenus - Orthocladius (Pogonocladius)
      Subgenus - Orthocladius (Euorthocladius)
      Subgenus - Orthocladius (Orthocladius)
      Subgenus - Orthocladius (Symposiocladius)