NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Dexiini
  Subfamily - Dexiinae
  Family - Tachinidae
  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 - Zelia argentosa
      Species - Zelia wildermuthii
      Species - Zelia gracilis
      Species - Zelia metalis
      Species - Zelia mira
      Species - Zelia montana
      Species - Zelia nitens
      Species - Zelia ruficauda
      Species - Zelia tricolor
      Species - Zelia vertebrata
      Species - Zelia zonata
      Species - Zelia rufina