NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Dicrania nigra Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828
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
- Dicrania nigra Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828
- Name authority
- Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Dicrania
- 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
- subfamilyMelolonthinae MacLeay, 1819
- tribeMacrodactylini Kirby, 1837
- genusDicrania Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828
- speciesDicrania nigra Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dicrania. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dicrania argentina Moser, 1919 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dicrania cuibana Frey, 1965 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dicrania ebenina Blanchard, 1850 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dicrania fasciculata Blanchard, 1850 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dicrania flavipennis Kraatz, 1896 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dicrania flavoscutellata Laporte, 1832 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dicrania fraudulenta Frey, 1972 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dicrania laevipennis Moser, 1921 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dicrania lasiopus Burmeister, 1855 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dicrania metzi Kraatz, 1895 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dicrania morio Kraatz, 1895 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dicrania moseri Frey, 1972 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dicrania brasiliensis Laporte, 1832 Laporte, 1832 | synonym |
| Dicrania dichroa Perty, 1830 Perty, 1830 | synonym |
| Dicrania rubricollis Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828 Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828 | synonym |
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.
- Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. S. F., & Audinet-Serville, J. G. A. (1828). Scarabé. In Latreille P.A.: Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Insectes. Encyclopedie Methodique, Paris 10:1-833. https://ia902608.us.archive.org/13/items/encyclopdiem10metc/encyclopdiem10metc.pdf 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:35R2K. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.