Discodes capitatus (Mercet, 1921)
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
- Discodes capitatus (Mercet, 1921)
- Name authority
- (Mercet, 1921)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Encyrtidae
- Genus
- Discodes
- 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
- familyEncyrtidae Walker, 1837
- subfamilyEncyrtinae Walker, 1837
- genusDiscodes Foerster, 1856
- speciesDiscodes capitatus (Mercet, 1921)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Discodes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Discodes anthores (Walker, 1848) | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodes coccophagus (Ratzeburg, 1848) | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodes desertus Myartseva, 1981 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodes discors Prinsloo & Mynhardt, 1981 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodes emiliae Sugonjaev, 1971 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodes fulvescens Trjapitzin, 1967 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodes kopetdagensis Myartseva, 1981 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodes rhizopulvinariae Myartseva, 1981 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodes rubtzovi Sugonjaev, 1971 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodes shenyangensis Xu & He, 1997 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodes trjapitzini Herthevtzian, 1979 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodes valentinae Japoshvili & Noyes, 2005 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | 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 |
|---|---|
| Phaenodiscus capitatus Mercet, 1921 Mercet, 1921 | synonym |
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.
- Mercet, R.G. (1921) Fauna Iberica. Himenopteros Fam. Encírtidos., 727 pp.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:36TG5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.