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Dipentium castaneum (Britten, 1926)
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
- Dipentium castaneum (Britten, 1926)
- Name authority
- (Britten, 1926)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Ptiliidae
- Genus
- Dipentium
- 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
- superfamilyStaphylinoidea Latreille, 1802
- familyPtiliidae Erichson, 1845
- subfamilyPtiliinae Erichson, 1845
- tribePtiliini Erichson, 1845
- genusDipentium Johnson, 1982
- speciesDipentium castaneum (Britten, 1926)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dipentium. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dipentium constrictum Johnson, 2008 | PtiliidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dipentium gossi Johnson, 1993 | PtiliidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dipentium incertum Johnson, 2008 | PtiliidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dipentium japonicum (Sawada, K., 1965) | PtiliidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dipentium magnum Johnson, 2008 | PtiliidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dipentium neglectum Johnson, 2008 | PtiliidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dipentium parvum Johnson, 1985 | PtiliidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dipentium punctatum Johnson, 2008 | PtiliidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dipentium reticulatum (Britten, 1926) | PtiliidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dipentium zelandicum Johnson, 1982 | PtiliidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ptiliolum castaneum Britten, 1926 Britten, 1926 | 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.
- Britten, H. (1926) Coleoptera, Ptiliidae (=Trichopterygidae). In: The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. Vol. 8. No. IV. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology), (2) 19.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:36FFM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.