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: 2012

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Arrhenodini
  Subfamily - Brentinae
  Family - Brentidae
  Superfamily - Curculionoidea
  Infraorder - Cucujiformia
  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 - Orfilaia amitina
      Species - Orfilaia anthracina
      Species - Orfilaia arabica
      Species - Orfilaia bifalcata
      Species - Orfilaia brevirostris
      Species - Orfilaia erythrea
      Species - Orfilaia falsotaruensis
      Species - Orfilaia glabrata
      Species - Orfilaia kleinei
      Species - Orfilaia nigeriensis
      Species - Orfilaia nigra
      Species - Orfilaia reichei
      Species - Orfilaia somalica
      Species - Orfilaia taruensis
      Species - Orfilaia testacea
      Species - Orfilaia truncata
      Species - Orfilaia vulsellata
      Species - Orfilaia jakli