NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Family

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: unknown

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  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

      Subfamily - Psilopinae
      Subfamily - Hydrelliinae
      Subfamily - Parydrinae
      Subfamily - Ephydrinae