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Dicysta cara Drake, 1939

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
Dicysta cara Drake, 1939
Name authority
Drake, 1939
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Tingidae
Genus
Dicysta
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. orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
  7. suborderHeteroptera Latreille, 1810
  8. infraorderCimicomorpha Leston, Pendergrast & Southwood, 1954
  9. superfamilyTingoidea Laporte, 1833
  10. familyTingidae
  11. genusDicysta
  12. speciesDicysta cara Drake, 1939

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Dicysta braziliensis Drake, 1922TingidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dicysta fonsecai Monte, 1940TingidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dicysta neocaledonica Guilbert, 1997TingidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dicysta sagillata Drake, 1922TingidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dicysta serrata Guilbert, 1997TingidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dicysta vitrea Champion, 1897TingidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Documented distribution

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

QLDQU

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.

  1. http://hemiptera-databases.com/tingidae?lang=en&card=name&id=1267 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:35WFQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.