NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2002

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Tephritidae
  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 - Metasphenisca parallela
      Species - Metasphenisca zernyi
      Species - Metasphenisca micrura
      Species - Metasphenisca discocephala
      Species - Metasphenisca rubida
      Species - Metasphenisca ghenti
      Species - Metasphenisca hazelae
      Species - Metasphenisca bifaria
      Species - Metasphenisca axilatra
      Species - Metasphenisca parilis
      Species - Metasphenisca transilis
      Species - Metasphenisca marmorea
      Species - Metasphenisca atricomata
      Species - Metasphenisca pallidifemur
      Species - Metasphenisca caeca
      Species - Metasphenisca nigricosta
      Species - Metasphenisca tetrachaeta
      Species - Metasphenisca grandidieri
      Species - Metasphenisca bezziana
      Species - Metasphenisca negeviana
      Species - Metasphenisca gracilipes
      Species - Metasphenisca quinquemaculata
      Species - Metasphenisca longulior
      Species - Metasphenisca reinhardi
      Species - Metasphenisca nigricans
      Species - Metasphenisca nigriseta
      Species - Metasphenisca haematopoda
      Species - Metasphenisca interrupta
      Species - Metasphenisca spathuliniforma