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

  Tribe - Brachyopini
  Subfamily - Eristalinae
  Family - Syrphidae
  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 - Sphegina albipes
      Species - Sphegina appalachiensis
      Species - Sphegina armatipes
      Species - Sphegina biannulata
      Species - Sphegina brachygaster
      Species - Sphegina bridwelli
      Species - Sphegina californica
      Species - Sphegina campanulata
      Species - Sphegina flavimana
      Species - Sphegina flavomaculata
      Species - Sphegina infuscata
      Species - Sphegina keeniana
      Species - Sphegina lobata
      Species - Sphegina lobulifera
      Species - Sphegina nigrimana
      Species - Sphegina occidentalis
      Species - Sphegina petiolata
      Species - Sphegina punctata
      Species - Sphegina rufa
      Species - Sphegina rufiventris