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Escheria ovalis Heer, 1847

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
Escheria ovalis Heer, 1847
Name authority
Heer, 1847
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Hydrophilidae
Genus
Escheria
Extinction status
Recorded extinct

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. orderColeoptera
  7. suborderPolyphaga
  8. series zoologyStaphyliniformia
  9. superfamilyHydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802
  10. familyHydrophilidae Latreille, 1802
  11. genusEscheria Heer, 1847
  12. speciesEscheria ovalis Heer, 1847

Close classified relatives

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

Browse 151 records assigned to Hydrophilidae.

Documented distribution

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

Switzerland (Oeningen) [Miocene]

native · native

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. Heer, O. (1847) Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erste Abtheilung: Käfer. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 8 (5).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:3BGT8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.