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Daveyia mira Lea, 1912

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
Daveyia mira Lea, 1912
Name authority
Lea, 1912
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Daveyia
Extinction status
Recorded extant

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. orderColeoptera
  7. suborderPolyphaga
  8. series zoologyStaphyliniformia
  9. superfamilyStaphylinoidea Latreille, 1802
  10. familyStaphylinidae Latreille, 1802
  11. subfamilyPselaphinae Latreille, 1802
  12. supertribePselaphitae Latreille, 1802
  13. tribeTyrini Reitter, 1882
  14. subtribeCentrophthalmina Jeannel, 1949
  15. genusDaveyia Lea, 1912
  16. speciesDaveyia mira Lea, 1912

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

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Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Petanops armstrongi Jeannel, 1954 Jeannel, 1954synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

tdwg:50

native · native

Newton, A.F. (2021) StaphBase: Staphyliniformia world catalog database (version Oct 2021). In: The Catalogue of Life, 2022. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Australia

native · native

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. Lea, A.M. (1912) Australian and Tasmanian Coleoptera inhabiting or resorting to the nests of ants, bees and termites. Supplement. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, (N.S.) 25 (1).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:34BXC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.