Espira obscura Sellards, 1909
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
- Espira obscura Sellards, 1909
- Name authority
- Sellards, 1909
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Notoptera
- Family
- Probnidae
- Genus
- Espira
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderNotoptera Crampton, 1915
- suborderGrylloblattodea Brues & Melander, 1915
- infraorderProtoperlina Storozhenko, 1998
- familyProbnidae Sellards, 1909
- genusEspira Sellards, 1909
- speciesEspira obscura Sellards, 1909
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
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.
- Sellards, H.E. (1909) Types of Permian Insects. Part III. Megasecoptera, Oryctoblattinidae and Protorthoptera. American Journal of Science, 27, 151–173. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=40QPAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA151&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false 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:3BJHL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.