NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Elaphocera martorellii Fairmaire, 1879
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
- Elaphocera martorellii Fairmaire, 1879
- Name authority
- Fairmaire, 1879
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Elaphocera
- 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
- superfamilyScarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802
- familyScarabaeidae Latreille, 1802
- subfamilyMelolonthinae MacLeay, 1819
- tribeTanyproctini Erichson, 1847
- subtribeTanyproctina Erichson, 1847
- genusElaphocera Gene, 1836
- speciesElaphocera martorellii Fairmaire, 1879
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Elaphocera. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Elaphocera affinis Schaufuss, 1874 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elaphocera alonsoi López-Colón, 1992 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elaphocera ampla Báguena, 1955 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elaphocera angusta Kraatz, 1882 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elaphocera autumnalis Motschulsky, 1859 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elaphocera baguenae Mancini, 1925 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elaphocera cacerensis (López-Colón & Rodriguez Arias, 1986) | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elaphocera christina Baraud, 1966 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elaphocera cretica Reitter, 1902 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elaphocera dalmatina Motschulsky, 1859 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elaphocera denticornis Reitter, 1902 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elaphocera dilatata Erichson, 1840 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Elaphocera (Elaphocerida) rubicunda Reitter, 1902 Reitter, 1902 | 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.
- Fairmaire, L. (1879). Description de quelques Coléoptères nouveaux receuillis en Espagne par D.Manuel Martorell y Pena. Annales de La Société Entomologique de France, Paris (5)9:241-244. https://archive.org/download/biostor-69602/biostor-69602.pdf 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:38ZMX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.