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Darthula hardwickii (Gray, 1832)
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
- Darthula hardwickii (Gray, 1832)
- Name authority
- (Gray, 1832)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Aetalionidae
- Genus
- Darthula
- 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
- orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderAuchenorrhyncha Duméril, 1805
- infraorderCicadomorpha Evans, 1946
- parvorderClypeata Qadri, 1967
- superfamilyMembracoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- familyAetalionidae Spinola, 1850
- subfamilyAetalioninae Spinola, 1850
- tribeDarthulini Metcalf, 1939
- genusDarthula Kirkaldy, 1900
- speciesDarthula hardwickii (Gray, 1832)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Urophora hardwickii (Gray, 1832) (Gray, 1832) | synonym |
| Aetalion (Urophora) hardwickii Gray, 1832 Gray, 1832 | synonym |
| Urophora hardwicki (Gray, 1832) (Gray, 1832) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
MM
MM
NP
NP
Yunnan
Assam
West Bengal
Sikkim
Meghalaya
EHM
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.
- Gray, G.R. (1832a) The animal kingdom. In The seventh order of Insects: Hemiptera. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization by the Baron Cuvier with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeon, and notices of new genera and species by George Gray. Gilbert & Rivington. London. Vol. 15, Issue 32, pp. 216–293 + pls. 108–109. [796 pp. + 74-128 pls.] 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:3468D. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.