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Dennyus (Collodennyus) distinctus Ferris, 1916

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
Dennyus (Collodennyus) distinctus Ferris, 1916
Name authority
Ferris, 1916
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Family
Menoponidae
Genus
Dennyus
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. suborderTroctomorpha Roesler, 1940
  8. infraorderPhthiraptera Haeckel, 1896
  9. parvorderAmblycera Kellogg, 1896
  10. superfamilyMenoponoidea Mjoberg, 1910
  11. familyMenoponidae Mjoberg, 1910
  12. genusDennyus Neumann, 1906
  13. subgenusDennyus (Collodennyus) Ledger, 1970
  14. speciesDennyus (Collodennyus) distinctus Ferris, 1916

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Dennyus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Dennyus (Collodennyus) collinsi Clayton, Price & Page, 1996MenoponidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dennyus (Collodennyus) francicus Thompson, 1941MenoponidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dennyus (Collodennyus) hahnae Clayton, Price & Page, 1996MenoponidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dennyus (Collodennyus) medwayi Ledger, 1970MenoponidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dennyus (Collodennyus) tarburtoni Clayton, Price & Page, 1996MenoponidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dennyus (Collodennyus) theresae Clayton, Price & Page, 1996MenoponidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dennyus (Collodennyus) wellsi Clayton, Price & Page, 1996MenoponidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dennyus (Ctenodennyus) elbeli Price, 1997MenoponidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dennyus (Ctenodennyus) southwoodi Price, 1997MenoponidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dennyus (Dennyus) hirundinis (Linnaeus, 1761)MenoponidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dennyus (Dennyus) semicollaris Price & Beer, 1962MenoponidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dennyus (Dennyus) vauxi Emerson & Pratt, 1956MenoponidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 27 records assigned to Menoponidae.

Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Dennyus distinctus Ferris, 1916 Ferris, 1916synonym

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. Ferris, G.F. (1916) Some generic groups in the mallophagan family Menoponidae. 48, 301–311. 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:34T6J. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.