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Dendropaemon (Dendropaemon) telephus Waterhouse, 1891
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
- Dendropaemon (Dendropaemon) telephus Waterhouse, 1891
- Name authority
- Waterhouse, 1891
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Dendropaemon
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderColeoptera
- suborderPolyphaga
- series zoologyStaphyliniformia
- superfamilyScarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802
- familyScarabaeidae Latreille, 1802
- subfamilyScarabaeinae Latreille, 1802
- tribePhanaeini Hope, 1838
- subtribePhanaeina Hope, 1838
- genusDendropaemon Perty, 1830
- subgenusDendropaemon (Dendropaemon) Perty, 1830
- speciesDendropaemon (Dendropaemon) telephus Waterhouse, 1891
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dendropaemon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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.
- Waterhouse, C. O. (1891). V.-New Scarabaeidae in the British Museum: a Fifth Contribution. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology, London 6(8):53-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939109460388 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:34R3N. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.