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Enema endymion Chevrolat, 1843

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
Enema endymion Chevrolat, 1843
Name authority
Chevrolat, 1843
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Enema
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderColeoptera
  7. suborderPolyphaga
  8. series zoologyStaphyliniformia
  9. superfamilyScarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802
  10. familyScarabaeidae Latreille, 1802
  11. subfamilyDynastinae MacLeay, 1819
  12. tribeOryctini Mulsant, 1842
  13. genusEnema Hope, 1837
  14. speciesEnema endymion Chevrolat, 1843

Close classified relatives

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

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Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Enema gibbicollis Sternberg, 1908 Sternberg, 1908synonym
Enema paniscus Burmeister, 1847 Burmeister, 1847synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Neotropical(Belize, Bolivia, Brazil:Amazon, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Honduras, Mexico:Campeche, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela)

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. Chevrolat, A. (1843). Coléoptères du Mexique pentamères, hydrocanthares, sternoxes, térédiles, nécrophages, lamellicornes. Magasin de Zoologie, Paris :1-37 (28-37). http://www.archive.org/stream/magasindezoologi16pari#page/n149/mode/1up 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:39SV6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.