Damalis dorsalis (Walker, 1856)
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
- Damalis dorsalis (Walker, 1856)
- Name authority
- (Walker, 1856)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Asilidae
- Genus
- Damalis
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderDiptera
- familyAsilidae
- genusDamalis Fabricius, 1805
- speciesDamalis dorsalis (Walker, 1856)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Damalis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Damalis debilis (Karsch, 1888) | AsilidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Damalis dentatus (Joseph & Parui, 1987) | AsilidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Damalis dimidiatus (Oldroyd, 1960) | AsilidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Damalis elongatus (Hull, 1962) | AsilidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Damalis fascia (Shi, 1995) | AsilidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Damalis felderi Schiner, 1867 | AsilidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Damalis femoralis Ricardo, 1925 | AsilidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Damalis flaventis Scarbrough, 2006 | AsilidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Damalis floresanus (Frey, 1934) | AsilidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Damalis furcula Londt, 1989 | AsilidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Damalis fuscus Walker, 1849 | AsilidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Damalis fuscipennis Macquart, 1846 | AsilidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Discocephala dorsalis Walker, 1856 Walker, 1856 | 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.
- Walker, F. (1856) Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected in Singapore and Malacca by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of London, Zoology 1: 4-39. [1856.03.01].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:342VB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.