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Dendropsocus swartensis Thornton & Smithers, 1984

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
Dendropsocus swartensis Thornton & Smithers, 1984
Name authority
Thornton & Smithers, 1984
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Family
Pseudocaeciliidae
Genus
Dendropsocus
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: yes. These do not form a complete habitat description.

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. orderPsocodea Hennig, 1966
  7. suborderPsocomorpha Weber, 1936
  8. infraorderPhilotarsetae Yoshizawa & Johnson, 2014
  9. familyPseudocaeciliidae Pearman, 1936
  10. subfamilyCalopsocinae Pearman, 1936
  11. genusDendropsocus Thornton & Smithers, 1984
  12. speciesDendropsocus swartensis Thornton & Smithers, 1984

Close classified relatives

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

Browse 4 records assigned to Pseudocaeciliidae.

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. Thornton, I.W.B. & Smithers, C. (1984) Systematics of the Calopsocidae, an Oriental and Melanesian family of Psocoptera. Systematic Entomology, 9(2), 183–244. 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:34S48. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.