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Euricania discigutta (Walker, 1862)

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
Euricania discigutta (Walker, 1862)
Name authority
(Walker, 1862)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Ricaniidae
Genus
Euricania
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. superfamilyFulgoroidea Latreille, 1807
  10. familyRicaniidae Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
  11. subfamilyRicaniinae Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
  12. genusEuricania Melichar, 1898
  13. speciesEuricania discigutta (Walker, 1862)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Euricania aperiens (Walker, 1858)RicaniidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Euricania cliduchus Fennah, 1950RicaniidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Euricania dinon Fennah, 1950RicaniidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Euricania facialis (Walker, 1858)RicaniidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Euricania fusconebulosa (Lallemand, 1935)RicaniidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Euricania hyalinocosta Melichar, 1898RicaniidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Euricania infesta Melichar, 1898RicaniidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Euricania longa Xu, Liang & Jiang, 2006RicaniidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Euricania oculata (Guérin-Méneville, 1831)RicaniidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Euricania opora Fennah, 1950RicaniidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Euricania pedicellata (Jacobi, 1928)RicaniidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Euricania procilla Fennah, 1950RicaniidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 21 records assigned to Ricaniidae.

Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Flatoides discigutta Walker, 1862 Walker, 1862synonym

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. (1862a) Characters of undescribed species of Homoptera in the collection of F.P. Pascoe, F.L.S. The Journal of Entomology Descriptive and Geographical, 1, 303–319. 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:3CZW2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.