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Elaunon gangoli Gangola, 1965

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
Elaunon gangoli Gangola, 1965
Name authority
Gangola, 1965
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Dermaptera
Family
Forficulidae
Genus
Elaunon
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. orderDermaptera de Geer, 1773
  7. suborderNeodermaptera Engel, 2003
  8. infraorderEpidermaptera Engel, 2003
  9. parvorderEudermaptera Verhoeff, 1902
  10. superfamilyForficuloidea Latreille, 1810
  11. familyForficulidae Latreille, 1810
  12. subfamilyForficulinae Latreille, 1810
  13. genusElaunon Burr, 1907
  14. speciesElaunon gangoli Gangola, 1965

Close classified relatives

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

Browse 3 records assigned to Forficulidae.

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. Gangola, D. (1965) Studies on the Dermaptera of Kumaon Hills. Part I (Forficulidea). The Entomologist, 98, 227–236. 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:396DL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.