NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Dirhinus giffardii Silvestri, 1913
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
- Dirhinus giffardii Silvestri, 1913
- Name authority
- Silvestri, 1913
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Chalcididae
- Genus
- Dirhinus
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderHymenoptera
- suborderApocrita
- infraorderTerebrantes
- superfamilyChalcidoidea Latreille, 1817
- familyChalcididae Latreille, 1817
- subfamilyDirhininae Ashmead, 1904
- genusDirhinus Dalman, 1818
- speciesDirhinus giffardii Silvestri, 1913
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dirhinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dirhinus altispina Bouček & Narendran, 1981 | ChalcididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dirhinus auratus Ashmead, 1905 | ChalcididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dirhinus banksi Rohwer, 1923 | ChalcididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dirhinus browni (Crawford, 1915) | ChalcididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dirhinus caelebs Masi, 1937 | ChalcididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dirhinus clavatus Husain & Agarwal, 1981 | ChalcididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dirhinus claviger Bouček & Narendran, 1981 | ChalcididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dirhinus deplanatus Bouček & Narendran, 1981 | ChalcididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dirhinus dives Masi, 1927 | ChalcididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dirhinus excavatus Dalman, 1818 | ChalcididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dirhinus hesperidum (Rossi, 1790) | ChalcididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dirhinus himalayanus Westwood, 1836 | ChalcididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dirhinus giffardi Silvestri, 1913 Silvestri, 1913 | synonym |
| Dirhinus (Dirhinus) giffardii Silvestri, 1913 Silvestri, 1913 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
IL
IL
Florida
TN
TN
CV
CV
Queensland
Western Australia
Hawaii
REU
Lord Howe Island
MW
MW
NG
NG
New South Wales
PK
PK
GH
GH
IT
IT
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.
- Silvestri, F. (1913a) Viaggio in Africa per cercare parassiti di mosche dei frutti. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d’Agricoltura in Portici, 8, 1–164.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:36RHM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.