Elenchus falcipennis Luna de Carvalho, 1956
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
- Elenchus falcipennis Luna de Carvalho, 1956
- Name authority
- Luna de Carvalho, 1956
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Strepsiptera
- Family
- Elenchidae
- Genus
- Elenchus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderStrepsiptera Kirby, 1813
- familyElenchidae Perkins, 1905
- genusElenchus Curtis, 1831
- speciesElenchus falcipennis Luna de Carvalho, 1956
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Elenchus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Elenchus butzei Brailovsky, 1981 | ElenchidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elenchus eastopi Fox, 1967 | ElenchidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elenchus koebelei (Pierce, 1908) | ElenchidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elenchus spangleri (Fox, 1968) | ElenchidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elenchus tenuicornis (Kirby, 1815) | ElenchidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elenchus toyaphagus Luna de Carvalho, 1978 | ElenchidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Luna de Carvalho, E. (1956). Primeira contribuição para o Estudo dos Estresípteros angolensis (Insecta, Strespiptera). Publicaçõs Culturais Da Companhia de Diamantesde Angola, 29: 11–54. 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:39759. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.