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 - Dolichopodinae
  Family - Dolichopodidae
  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

      Species - Hercostomus albipodus
      Species - Hercostomus aurifer
      Species - Hercostomus cacheae
      Species - Hercostomus chaetilamellus
      Species - Hercostomus chetifer
      Species - Hercostomus coloradensis
      Species - Hercostomus costalis
      Species - Hercostomus cryptus
      Species - Hercostomus difficilis
      Species - Hercostomus dorsalis
      Species - Hercostomus exilis
      Species - Hercostomus fimbriatus
      Species - Hercostomus flaviciliatus
      Species - Hercostomus flavicornis
      Species - Hercostomus flutatus
      Species - Hercostomus impudicus
      Species - Hercostomus indianus
      Species - Hercostomus longilamellus
      Species - Hercostomus neocryptus
      Species - Hercostomus nigrifacies
      Species - Hercostomus occidentalis
      Species - Hercostomus orbicularis
      Species - Hercostomus purus
      Species - Hercostomus schlingeri
      Species - Hercostomus setosus
      Species - Hercostomus stanfordi
      Species - Hercostomus synoclus
      Species - Hercostomus tibialis
      Species - Hercostomus truncatus
      Species - Hercostomus unicolor
      Species - Hercostomus utahensis
      Species - Hercostomus wasatchensis