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 - Madizinae
  Family - Milichiidae
  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 - Desmometopa floridensis
      Species - Desmometopa latigena
      Species - Desmometopa m-nigrum
      Species - Desmometopa melanderi
      Species - Desmometopa nearctica
      Species - Desmometopa parafacialis
      Species - Desmometopa saguaro
      Species - Desmometopa sordida
      Species - Desmometopa tarsalis
      Species - Desmometopa varipalpis
      Species - Desmometopa inaurata
      Species - Desmometopa singaporensis
      Species - Desmometopa tristicula