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 - Sphenella melanostigma
      Species - Sphenella nigricornis
      Species - Sphenella aureliani
      Species - Sphenella novaguineensis
      Species - Sphenella ypsilon
      Species - Sphenella orbicula
      Species - Sphenella crenata
      Species - Sphenella atra
      Species - Sphenella rostrata
      Species - Sphenella deletrix
      Species - Sphenella sinensis
      Species - Sphenella nigropilosa
      Species - Sphenella helianthoides
      Species - Sphenella semisphenella
      Species - Sphenella marginata
      Species - Sphenella ruficeps
      Species - Sphenella hessei
      Species - Sphenella austrina