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Echinohelea australiensis Debenham, 1970

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
Echinohelea australiensis Debenham, 1970
Name authority
Debenham, 1970
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Ceratopogonidae
Genus
Echinohelea
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderDiptera
  7. familyCeratopogonidae
  8. subfamilyCeratopogoninae
  9. tribeCeratopogonini
  10. genusEchinohelea Macfie, 1940
  11. speciesEchinohelea australiensis Debenham, 1970

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Echinohelea blantoni Wirth, 1994CeratopogonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Echinohelea lanei Wirth, 1951CeratopogonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Echinohelea moresbyensis Debenham, 1970CeratopogonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Echinohelea neotropica Wirth, 1994CeratopogonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Echinohelea notipes Debenham, 1970CeratopogonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Echinohelea pallida Debenham, 1970CeratopogonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Echinohelea pastoriana Clastrier, 1984CeratopogonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Echinohelea pictipennis Tokunaga, 1963CeratopogonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Echinohelea voltana De Meillon, 1959CeratopogonidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 654 records assigned to Ceratopogonidae.

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. Debenham, M.L. (1970) Australasian Ceratopogonidae (Diptera, Nematocera) Part XIII: Australian and New Guinea species of Echinohelea Macfie. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 94: 145-159. [1970.06.01].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:38J65. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.