NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Geostiba
  Tribe - Athetini
  Subfamily - Aleocharinae
  Family - Staphylinidae
  Superfamily - Staphylinoidea
  Infraorder - Staphyliniformia
  Suborder - Polyphaga
  Order - Coleoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Geostiba appalachigena
      Species - Geostiba bicarinata
      Species - Geostiba graveyardensis
      Species - Geostiba nimbicola
      Species - Geostiba pluvigena
      Species - Geostiba nebuligena
      Species - Geostiba crepusculigena
      Species - Geostiba balsamensis
      Species - Geostiba nubigena
      Species - Geostiba coeligena
      Species - Geostiba alticola
      Species - Geostiba carteriensis
      Species - Geostiba impressula
      Species - Geostiba silvigena