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 - Philygriini
  Subfamily - Parydrinae
  Family - Ephydridae
  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 - Nostima approximata
      Species - Nostima gilvipes
      Species - Nostima niveivenosa
      Species - Nostima occidentalis
      Species - Nostima picta
      Species - Nostima pulchra
      Species - Nostima quinquenotata
      Species - Nostima scutellaris
      Species - Nostima slossonae