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: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Chironomini
  Subfamily - Chironominae
  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 - Dicrotendipes aethiops
      Species - Dicrotendipes botaurus
      Species - Dicrotendipes californicus
      Species - Dicrotendipes fumidus
      Species - Dicrotendipes leucoscelis
      Species - Dicrotendipes lobiger
      Species - Dicrotendipes lobus
      Species - Dicrotendipes milleri
      Species - Dicrotendipes modestus
      Species - Dicrotendipes neomodestus
      Species - Dicrotendipes nervosus
      Species - Dicrotendipes lucifer
      Species - Dicrotendipes tritomus
      Species - Dicrotendipes simpsoni
      Species - Dicrotendipes thanatogratus