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 - Limosininae
  Family - Sphaeroceridae
  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 - Aptilotus borealis
      Species - Aptilotus concavus
      Species - Aptilotus cruciatus
      Species - Aptilotus luctuosus
      Species - Aptilotus luteoscapus
      Species - Aptilotus nigriscapus
      Species - Aptilotus parvipennis
      Species - Aptilotus politus
      Species - Aptilotus pulex
      Species - Aptilotus spatulatus