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 - Polleniini
  Subfamily - Calliphorinae
  Family - Calliphoridae
  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 - Melanodexia californica
      Species - Melanodexia glabricula
      Species - Melanodexia grandis
      Species - Melanodexia idahoensis
      Species - Melanodexia nox
      Species - Melanodexia satanica
      Species - Melanodexia tristina
      Species - Melanodexia tristis