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 |
|---|---|---|
| Desmiphora flavescens Breuning, 1943 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora fuscosignata Breuning, 1942 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora kawensis Tavakilian & Néouze, 2004 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora lenkoi (Lane, 1959) | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora lineatipennis Breuning, 1943 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora maculosa Linsley & Chemsak, 1966 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora mirim Martins & Galileo, 2002 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora mulsa Giesbert, 1998 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora multicristata Bates, 1866 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora neoflavescens Galileo & Martins, 1998 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora niveocincta (Lane, 1959) | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora obliquelineata Breuning, 1948 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora ornata Bates, 1866 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora pallida Bates, 1874 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora picta Breuning, 1943 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora pitanga Galileo & Martins, 1998 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora pretiosa Melzer, 1935 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora spitzi Melzer, 1935 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora travassosi Mendes, 1938 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora tristis Galileo & Martins, 2003 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora undulatofasciata Breuning, 1942 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora venosa Bates, 1866 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphora x-signata Melzer, 1935 | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmiphoropsis variegata (Audinet-Serville, 1835) | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum (Michelin, 1838) | DesmoceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Desmoceras barryae Anderson, 1958 | DesmoceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Desmoceras bearskinense McLearn, 1972 | DesmoceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Desmoceras calabarense Reyment, 1955 | DesmoceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Desmoceras chimuense Benavides-Caceres, 1956 | DesmoceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Desmoceras hemiptychum (Kilian, 1889) | DesmoceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Desmoceras inane (Stoliczka, 1865) | DesmoceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Desmocerus palliatus (Forster, 1771) | CerambycidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmoclystia abata Prout, 1941 | GeometridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmoclystia aypna Prout, 1941 | GeometridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmoclystia cnecoplaca Prout, 1929 | GeometridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmoclystia fulvistriga (Warren, 1906) | GeometridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmoclystia humerata (Warren, 1906) | GeometridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmoclystia nigribasis (Warren, 1906) | GeometridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmoclystia oniria Prout, 1941 | GeometridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmoclystia rubecula (Warren, 1906) | GeometridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| captive pine scaleDesmococcus captivus McKenzie, 1942 | PityococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmococcus sedentarius McKenzie, 1942 | PityococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmocricus conjunctus Carl, 1918 | RhinocricidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmodasys abyssalis Kieneke & Zekely, 2007 | TurbanellidaeGastrotricha | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmodasys phocoides Clausen, 1965 | TurbanellidaeGastrotricha | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| whiptail ribbonfishDesmodema lorum Rosenblatt & Butler, 1977 | TrachipteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| polka-dot ribbonfishDesmodema polystictum (Ogilby, 1898) | TrachipteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pouched GerbilDesmodilliscus braueri Wettstein, 1916 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape Short-tailed GerbilDesmodillus auricularis (A. Smith, 1834) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmodromia griffini McLay, 2001 | DromiidaeArthropoda | 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.