Senegal/ Gambia
native · native
NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Desera viridipennis Hope, 1842
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
- Desera viridipennis Hope, 1842
- Name authority
- Hope, 1842
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Desera
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderColeoptera
- suborderAdephaga
- familyCarabidae Latreille, 1802
- subfamilyDryptinae Bonelli, 1810
- tribeDryptini Bonelli, 1810
- genusDesera Hope, 1831
- speciesDesera viridipennis Hope, 1842
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Desera. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Desera gestroi (Bates, 1892) | CarabidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desera inexpecta (Liang & Kavanaugh, 2007) | CarabidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desera nepalensis Hope, 1831 | CarabidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desera schultzei Heller, 1923 | CarabidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dendrocellus bocandei (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) | synonym |
| Desera pectoralis (Murray, 1857) (Murray, 1857) | synonym |
| Drypta pectoralis Murray, 1857 Murray, 1857 | synonym |
| Desera bocandei (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) | synonym |
| Drypta bocandei LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849 LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Ivory Coast
native · native
Nigeria
native · native
Congo (Brazzaville)
native · native
DR Congo
native · native
Angola
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.
- Hope, F.W. On some new insects from western Africa. (continued from vol ix, p.496). -. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 10 (63): 91-95. (1843).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:34ZFW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.