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Falkocholeva cribellata (Fairmaire & Germain, 1859)

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
Falkocholeva cribellata (Fairmaire & Germain, 1859)
Name authority
(Fairmaire & Germain, 1859)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Leiodidae
Genus
Falkocholeva
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderColeoptera
  7. suborderPolyphaga
  8. series zoologyStaphyliniformia
  9. superfamilyStaphylinoidea Latreille, 1802
  10. familyLeiodidae Fleming, 1821
  11. subfamilyCholevinae Kirby, 1837
  12. tribeAnemadini Hatch, 1927
  13. subtribeEunemadina Newton, 1998
  14. genusFalkocholeva Hatch, 1928
  15. speciesFalkocholeva cribellata (Fairmaire & Germain, 1859)

Close classified relatives

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

Browse 122 records assigned to Leiodidae.

Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Dasypelates obscurus Pic, 1928 Pic, 1928ambiguous synonym
Falkocholeva edwardsi Jeannel, 1936 Jeannel, 1936synonym
Choleva cribellata Fairmaire & Germain, 1859 Fairmaire & Germain, 1859synonym
Choleva falklandica Waterhouse, F. H., 1879 Waterhouse, F. H., 1879synonym

Documented distribution

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

CL

CL · native · native

Newton, A.F. (2021) StaphBase: Staphyliniformia world catalog database (version Oct 2021). In: The Catalogue of Life, 2022. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

tdwg:FAL-OO

native · native

Newton, A.F. (2021) StaphBase: Staphyliniformia world catalog database (version Oct 2021). In: The Catalogue of Life, 2022. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Chile, sw Argentina, Falkland Is.

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. Fairmaire, L.& P.G. (1859) Révision des Coléoptères du Chili. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, (2) 11.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:3DTPF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.