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Damalinia (Cervicola) tibialis (Piaget, 1880)

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
Damalinia (Cervicola) tibialis (Piaget, 1880)
Name authority
(Piaget, 1880)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Family
Trichodectidae
Genus
Damalinia
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. superfamilyTrichodectoidea Kéler, 1938
  10. familyTrichodectidae Kellogg, 1896
  11. genusDamalinia Mjoberg, 1910
  12. subgenusDamalinia (Cervicola) Kéler, 1938
  13. speciesDamalinia (Cervicola) tibialis (Piaget, 1880)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Damalinia (Cervicola) annectens Hopkins, 1943TrichodectidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Damalinia (Cervicola) meyeri (Taschenberg, 1882)TrichodectidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Damalinia (Cervicola) natalensis Emerson, 1964TrichodectidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Damalinia (Damalinia) adenota (Bedford, 1936)TrichodectidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Damalinia (Damalinia) harrisoni (Cummings, 1916)TrichodectidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Damalinia (Damalinia) hilli (Bedford, 1934)TrichodectidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Damalinia (Damalinia) orientalis (Emerson & Price, 1982)TrichodectidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Damalinia (Damalinia) pelea (Bedford, 1934)TrichodectidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Damalinia (Damalinia) thompsoni (Bedford, 1936)TrichodectidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Damalinia (Tragulicola) balabacensis Edwardo, 2002TrichodectidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 35 records assigned to Trichodectidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Trichodectes punctum Piaget, 1885 Piaget, 1885synonym
Trichodectes longicornis Denny, 1842 Denny, 1842ambiguous synonym
Cervicola tibialis (Piaget, 1880) (Piaget, 1880)synonym
Trichodectes tibialis Piaget, 1880 Piaget, 1880ambiguous synonym

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. Piaget, E. (1880) Les Pediculines. Essai monographique. In Les Pediculines. Essai monographique. E. J. Brill, Leide. xxxix+714 pgs. 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:342T5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.