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Curranosia cooksoni Zielke, 1971

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
Curranosia cooksoni Zielke, 1971
Name authority
Zielke, 1971
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae
Genus
Curranosia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

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. orderDiptera
  7. familyMuscidae
  8. subfamilyMuscinae
  9. tribeMuscini
  10. genusCurranosia Paterson, 1957
  11. speciesCurranosia cooksoni Zielke, 1971

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Curranosia distincta (Villeneuve, 1916)MuscidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Curranosia gemma (Bigot, 1878)MuscidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Curranosia prima (Curran, 1935)MuscidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Curranosia vockerothi Zielke, 1973MuscidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 116 records assigned to Muscidae.

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. Zielke, E. (1971) Muscinae vom südlichen Afrika. Zoologischer Anzeiger 187: 214-218.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:32KK2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.