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Dicranota (Rhaphidolabis) festa Alexander, 1966

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
Dicranota (Rhaphidolabis) festa Alexander, 1966
Name authority
Alexander, 1966
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Pediciidae
Genus
Dicranota
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

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. orderDiptera
  7. familyPediciidae
  8. subfamilyPediciinae
  9. genusDicranota Zetterstedt, 1838
  10. subgenusDicranota (Rhaphidolabis) Osten Sacken, 1869
  11. speciesDicranota (Rhaphidolabis) festa Alexander, 1966

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Dicranota (Amalopina) hyalipennis Alexander, 1938PediciidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dicranota (Amalopinodes) phantasma Alexander, 1950PediciidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dicranota (Dicranota) bimaculata (Schummel, 1829)PediciidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dicranota (Dicranota) caesia Alexander, 1933PediciidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dicranota (Dicranota) cosymbacantha Alexander, 1963PediciidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dicranota (Dicranota) fumipennis Alexander, 1941PediciidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dicranota (Dicranota) mannheimsi Savchenko, 1972PediciidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dicranota (Dicranota) parvella Alexander, 1954PediciidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dicranota (Dicranota) polaris (Riedel, 1919)PediciidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dicranota (Dicranota) quadrihamata Savchenko, 1977PediciidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dicranota (Dicranota) rainierensis Alexander, 1968PediciidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dicranota (Dicranota) sicaria Alexander, 1947PediciidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 73 records assigned to Pediciidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

India (Sikkim).

Oriental

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. Alexander. 1966. Proc. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 35: 67 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:35TD4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.