NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Family

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Infraorder - Muscomorpha
  Suborder - Brachycera
  Order - Diptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subfamily - Sciapodinae
      Subfamily - Neurigoninae
      Subfamily - Medeterinae
      Subfamily - Xanthochlorinae
      Subfamily - Enliniinae
      Subfamily - Peloropeodinae
      Subfamily - Diaphorinae
      Subfamily - Rhaphiinae
      Subfamily - Plagioneuriinae
      Subfamily - Stolidosominae
      Subfamily - Sympycninae
      Subfamily - Dolichopodinae
      Subfamily - Hydrophorinae
      Subfamily - Achalcinae