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NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Ctenarytaina obscura (Froggatt, 1903)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ctenarytaina obscura (Froggatt, 1903)
- Name authority
- (Froggatt, 1903)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Aphalaridae
- Genus
- Ctenarytaina
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: yes. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderSternorrhyncha Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
- infraorderPsyllomorpha
- superfamilyPsylloidea
- familyAphalaridae
- genusCtenarytaina
- speciesCtenarytaina obscura (Froggatt, 1903)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ctenarytaina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ctenarytaina clavata Ferris & Klyver, 1932 | AphalaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ctenarytaina cubicella (Kandasamy, 1986) | AphalaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Maskell, 1890) | AphalaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ctenarytaina euryae (Yang, 1984) | AphalaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ctenarytaina fuchsiae (Maskell, 1890) | AphalaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ctenarytaina gracilis (Froggatt, 1901) | AphalaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ctenarytaina longicauda Taylor, 1987 | AphalaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ctenarytaina lulla (Tuthill, 1942) | AphalaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ctenarytaina pandai (Li, 2011) | AphalaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ctenarytaina peregrina Hodkinson, 2007 | AphalaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ctenarytaina remota Tuthill, 1956 | AphalaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ctenarytaina spatulata Taylor, 1997 | AphalaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Aphalara obscura Froggatt, 1903 Froggatt, 1903 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
NSWNS
native · native
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Tuthill L. D. & Taylor K. L. Australian genera of the Family Psyllidae (Hemiptera, Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology, 3: 227-257. (1955). Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3249R. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.