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Dicolpus primitivus van der Weele, 1909

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
Dicolpus primitivus van der Weele, 1909
Name authority
van der Weele, 1909
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Neuroptera
Family
Ascalaphidae
Genus
Dicolpus
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. orderNeuroptera
  7. familyAscalaphidae
  8. genusDicolpus
  9. speciesDicolpus primitivus van der Weele, 1909

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Dicolpus ellenbergeri Navás, 1912AscalaphidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dicolpus orientalis van der Weele, 1909AscalaphidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dicolpus volucris Gerstaecker, 1885AscalaphidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 19 records assigned to Ascalaphidae.

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. van der Weele, H. W. Ascalaphiden. Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps, Catalogue Systématique et Descriptif 8:1-326. (1908).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:35QFZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.