Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Insects

There are a number of other classifications to consider such as the kingdom the phylum the class and the family.

Domain kingdom phylum class order family genus species insects. Sometimes an eighth level above the kingdom called the domain is used. This is because according to classification phylum is bigger than class. Click this picture to see the phylogenetic tree for class order suborder and families of zygoptera.

After animal kingdom animal species usually fall into one of seven different phylum or phyla. A given rank subsumes under it less general categories that is more specific descriptions of life forms. Insecta only the insects order.

This means that many many different classes can come under phylum but a phyla cannot come under class. Porifera marine animals more commonly known as sponges and found in every ocean on earth. Syrphidae only the hoverflies genus.

There actually is a domain level of classification above kingdom sometimes referred to as an empire or superkingdom. There are seven major levels of classification. If you find a damselfly and want to classify it then click here.

Above it each rank is classified within more general. Episyrphus only a sub set of the hoverflies species. Not all classification systems use it but the classification systems that do break down domains into three separate groups.

Cnidaria mostly marine animals that include over 11 000 species. Classes are subdivided into orders for example the order coleoptera beetles. From this hierarchy we derive the scientific name for the marmalade hoverfly episyrphus.