NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Enithares woodwardi Lansbury, 1968
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
- Enithares woodwardi Lansbury, 1968
- Name authority
- Lansbury, 1968
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Notonectidae
- Genus
- Enithares
- 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
- orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderHeteroptera Latreille, 1810
- infraorderNepomorpha
- superfamilyNotonectoidea Latreille, 1802
- familyNotonectidae Latreille, 1802
- subfamilyNotonectinae Latreille, 1802
- tribeNotonectini Latreille, 1802
- genusEnithares Spinola, 1837
- speciesEnithares woodwardi Lansbury, 1968
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Enithares. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Enithares amboinensis Lansbury, 1968 | NotonectidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enithares blandula Signoret, 1860 | NotonectidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enithares caesaries Nieser & Chen, 1991 | NotonectidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enithares chinensis Brooks, 1948 | NotonectidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enithares ciliata (Fabricius, 1798) | NotonectidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enithares congoensis Brooks, 1948 | NotonectidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enithares ektacta Nieser & Chen, 1996 | NotonectidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enithares foveata Lansbury, 1968 | NotonectidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enithares nigra Lansbury, 1968 | NotonectidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enithares paramegalops Lansbury, 1968 | NotonectidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enithares pellucida Brooks, 1948 | NotonectidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enithares phenakismos Nieser & Chen, 1991 | NotonectidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.
- Lansbury, I. (1968). The Enithares (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae) of the Oriental Region. Pacific Insects, Vol. 10, No. 2. 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:39VC2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.