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

  Family - Platypezidae
  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 - Platypeza alternata
      Species - Platypeza anthrax
      Species - Platypeza banksi
      Species - Platypeza cinerea
      Species - Platypeza egregia
      Species - Platypeza femina
      Species - Platypeza mexicana
      Species - Platypeza millironi
      Species - Platypeza obscura
      Species - Platypeza pulla
      Species - Platypeza taeniata
      Species - Platypeza unicolor