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 - Meracanthomyia intermedia
      Species - Meracanthomyia nigrofemorata
      Species - Meracanthomyia rufithorax
      Species - Meracanthomyia spenceri
      Species - Meracanthomyia gamma
      Species - Meracanthomyia kotiensis
      Species - Meracanthomyia arisana
      Species - Meracanthomyia antennata
      Species - Meracanthomyia maculipennis