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Eucarpia trahens (Walker, 1857)

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
Eucarpia trahens (Walker, 1857)
Name authority
(Walker, 1857)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cixiidae
Genus
Eucarpia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

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. orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
  7. suborderAuchenorrhyncha Duméril, 1805
  8. infraorderFulgoromorpha Evans, 1946
  9. superfamilyDelphacoidea Leach, 1815
  10. familyCixiidae Spinola, 1839
  11. subfamilyCixiinae Spinola, 1839
  12. tribeEucarpiini Emeljanov, 2002
  13. genusEucarpia Walker, 1857
  14. speciesEucarpia trahens (Walker, 1857)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eucarpia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Eucarpia africana (Muir, 1946)CixiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eucarpia arcuigera (Stål, 1859)CixiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eucarpia elisabethana (Synave, 1962)CixiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eucarpia insignis (Distant, 1912)CixiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eucarpia maculata (Muir, 1913)CixiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eucarpia palliceps (Walker, 1868)CixiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eucarpia stellata Tsaur & Hsu, 2003CixiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eucarpia straeleni (Synave, 1953)CixiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eucarpia taiensis Van Stalle, 1984CixiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eucarpia univitta Walker, 1857CixiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eucarpia varia (Walker, 1868)CixiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 79 records assigned to Cixiidae.

Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Cixius trahens Walker, 1857 Walker, 1857synonym
Ptoleria trahens (Walker, 1857) (Walker, 1857)synonym
Bajauana trahens (Walker, 1857) (Walker, 1857)synonym

Documented distribution

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

BOR

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. Walker, F. (1857b) Catalogue of the homoperous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1, 141–175 + pls. 1, 8. 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:3BR4V. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.