NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Silis
  Tribe - Silini
  Subfamily - Silinae
  Family - Cantharidae
  Superfamily - Elateroidea
  Infraorder - Elateriformia
  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 - Silis abdominalis
      Species - Silis bidentata
      Species - Silis fossiger
      Species - Silis freemani
      Species - Silis howdeni
      Species - Silis knulli
      Species - Silis latilobus
      Species - Silis nigerrima
      Species - Silis obtusa
      Species - Silis perforata
      Species - Silis tricornis
      Species - Silis vandykei