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Cuculicola limbatus Tendeiro, 1962

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
Cuculicola limbatus Tendeiro, 1962
Name authority
Tendeiro, 1962
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Family
Philopteridae
Genus
Cuculicola
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderPsocodea Hennig, 1966
  7. suborderTroctomorpha Roesler, 1940
  8. infraorderPhthiraptera Haeckel, 1896
  9. parvorderIschnocera Kellogg, 1896
  10. superfamilyPhilopteroidea Nitzsch, 1938
  11. familyPhilopteridae Nitzsch, 1818
  12. genusCuculicola Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1939
  13. speciesCuculicola limbatus Tendeiro, 1962

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Cuculicola. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Cuculicola acutus (Rudow, 1870)PhilopteridaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cuculicola coromandus (Rudow, 1869)PhilopteridaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cuculicola erythropthalmus Emerson, 1964PhilopteridaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cuculicola hardayali Somadder & Tandan, 1970PhilopteridaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cuculicola jamilae Ansari, 1955PhilopteridaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cuculicola kui Kettle, 1980PhilopteridaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cuculicola lipeuriformis (Rudow, 1869)PhilopteridaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cuculicola pallidus Tendeiro, 1962PhilopteridaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cuculicola sinensis Somadder & Tandan, 1970PhilopteridaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 36 records assigned to Philopteridae.

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.

  1. Tendeiro, J. (1962) Etudes sur les Mallophages. Observations sur des Ischnocera africains, avec description de 12 especes and 2 sous-especes nouvelles. 17, 669–704. 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:328ZN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.