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Cymothales gerstaeckeri Banks, 1941

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
Cymothales gerstaeckeri Banks, 1941
Name authority
Banks, 1941
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Neuroptera
Family
Myrmeleontidae
Genus
Cymothales
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. orderNeuroptera
  7. familyMyrmeleontidae
  8. genusCymothales
  9. speciesCymothales gerstaeckeri Banks, 1941

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Cymothales delicatus Banks, 1911MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cymothales eccentros (Walker, 1860)MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cymothales exilis Mansell, 1987MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cymothales lestagei Lacroix, 1920MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cymothales liberiensis van der Weele, 1904MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cymothales marginatus Mansell, 1987MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cymothales mirabilis Gerstaecker, 1894MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cymothales speciosus Kolbe, 1897MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cymothales theresae Lacroix, 1926MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cymothales vanharteni Hölzel, 2001MyrmeleontidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 108 records assigned to Myrmeleontidae.

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. Banks, N. A new species of Cymothales (Myrmeleonidae). Annals of the Carnegie Museum 28:187-188. (1941).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:3384N. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.