Dasyhelea brevicornis Waugh & Wirth, 1976
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
- Dasyhelea brevicornis Waugh & Wirth, 1976
- Name authority
- Waugh & Wirth, 1976
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Ceratopogonidae
- Genus
- Dasyhelea
- 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
- familyCeratopogonidae
- subfamilyDasyheleinae
- genusDasyhelea Kieffer, 1911
- speciesDasyhelea brevicornis Waugh & Wirth, 1976
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dasyhelea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dasyhelea adami Vattier, 1964 | CeratopogonidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasyhelea aegealitis Spinelli & Wirth, 1984 | CeratopogonidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasyhelea aeratipennis (Skuse, 1889) | CeratopogonidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasyhelea atronotata Macfie, 1938 | CeratopogonidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasyhelea atrostriata Goetghebuer, 1933 | CeratopogonidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasyhelea aurantiaca (Kieffer, 1911) | CeratopogonidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) aurensis Remm, 1981 | CeratopogonidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasyhelea awadi Boorman & Harten, 2002 | CeratopogonidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasyhelea (Dicryptoscena) bactriana Remm, 1980 | CeratopogonidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasyhelea bahamensis (Johnson, 1908) | CeratopogonidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasyhelea (Dasyhelea) bensoni Edwards, 1933 | CeratopogonidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dasyhelea bermudae Wirth & Williams, 1957 | CeratopogonidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Waugh, W.T. & Wirth, W.W. (1976) A revision of the genus Dasyhelea Kieffer of the eastern United States north of Florida (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 69: 219-247.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:348G7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.