THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Descanso ventrosus Galiano, 1986 | SalticidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Descarpentriesiellus cylindricus Jarrige, 1978 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Descarpentriesiellus frater Jarrige, 1978 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Descarpentriesiellus mirandus Jarrige, 1978 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desdemona ornata Banse, 1957 | SabellidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desdemona trilobata Banse, 1957 | SabellidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desdimelita barnardi Jarrett & Bousfield, 1996 | MelitidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desdimelita desdichada (J.L. Barnard, 1962) | MelitidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desdimelita microdentata Jarrett & Bousfield, 1996 | MelitidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desera gestroi (Bates, 1892) | CarabidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desera inexpecta (Liang & Kavanaugh, 2007) | CarabidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desera nepalensis Hope, 1831 | CarabidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desera schultzei Heller, 1923 | CarabidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desera viridipennis Hope, 1842 | CarabidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Deserta bipunctata (Ball, 1909) | DictyopharidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deserta obesa (Ball, 1909) | DictyopharidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desertaclopus lucasi Ocampo & Mondaca, 2012 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desertaclopus marcosi Ocampo & Mondaca, 2012 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ungee-gungeeDesertaria lepida (Walker, 1870) | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desertepidosis pallida Mamaev & Sojunov, 1989 | CecidomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desertia pulchra (Handschin, 1928) | EntomobryidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desertobia nocturna Viidalepp, 1989 | GeometridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desertoleria vinogradovi Gorodkov, 1962 | HeleomyzidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desertomyia caraganae Fedotova, 1990 | CecidomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desertoniscus arabicus Taiti & Checcucci, 2011 | AgnaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desertoniscus mongolicus Borutzky, 1978 | AgnaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desertoniscus reductus Borutzky, 1978 | AgnaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desertoniscus tekinus Borutzky, 1945 | AgnaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desertoniscus zaitsevi Gongalsky, 2017 | AgnaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desertoplusia bella (Christoph, 1887) | NoctuidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desertoplusia paghmana (Wiltshire, 1971) | NoctuidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desertovelum heptapotamicum Fedotova, 1982 | CecidomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desfontainesia bouyeri Léonard, 2020 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desfontainesia camiadei Alexis & Delpont, 2000 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desfontainesia hulstaerti (Burgeon, 1932) | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desfontainesia leopoldi (Bourgoin, 1931) | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desfontainesia verdoncki Alexis & Delpont, 2001 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Deshayesiella curvata (P. P. Carpenter, 1879) | ProtochitonidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deshayesiella sinica (F.-S. Xu, 1990) | ProtochitonidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deshayesiella spicata (S. S. Berry, 1919) | ProtochitonidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deshayesites (Kuntziella) kuntzi Collignon, 1962 | DeshayesitidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Deshayesites boegvadi Rosenkrantz, 1934 | DeshayesitidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Deshayesites butleri Stoyanow, 1949 | DeshayesitidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Deshayesites columbianus Riedal, 1938 | DeshayesitidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Deshayesites temerarius Stoyanow, 1949 | DeshayesitidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Deshayesorchestia deshayesii (Audouin, 1826) | TalitridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desiarchis hemisema Diakonoff, 1952 | CarposinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desicasta lobata (Olivier, 1789) | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desicasta purpurascens (Schoch, 1898) | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desimia (Desimia) darius (Saulcy, 1874) | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.