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 - Boettcheriini
  Subfamily - Sarcophaginae
  Family - Sarcophagidae
  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 - Metoposarcophaga aldrichi
      Species - Metoposarcophaga argyrocephala
      Species - Metoposarcophaga arizonica
      Species - Metoposarcophaga beameri
      Species - Metoposarcophaga conabilis
      Species - Metoposarcophaga importuna
      Species - Metoposarcophaga pachyproctosa
      Species - Metoposarcophaga sperryorum
      Species - Metoposarcophaga villipes