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Dystactula grisea Giglio-Tos, 1915

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
Dystactula grisea Giglio-Tos, 1915
Name authority
Giglio-Tos, 1915
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Mantodea
Family
Chroicopteridae
Genus
Dystactula
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. orderMantodea
  7. suborderEumantodea
  8. infraorderSchizomantodea
  9. parvorderArtimantodea
  10. nanorderCernomantodea
  11. familyChroicopteridae
  12. subfamilyChroicopterinae
  13. tribeBolbellini
  14. genusDystactula Giglio-Tos, 1927
  15. speciesDystactula grisea Giglio-Tos, 1915

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 9 records assigned to Chroicopteridae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Rogermantis royi Kaltenbach, 1996 Kaltenbach, 1996synonym

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. Giglio-Tos (1915) Bull. Soc. ent. Ital., 46.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:38B4S. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.