Diomus Explained

Diomus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 20 described species in Diomus.^[1]

Species

These 65 species belong to the genus Diomus:

• Diomus akonis (Ohta, 1929)

^g

• Diomus amabilis (LeConte, 1852)

^{i c g b} (amiable lady)

• Diomus arizonicus Gordon, 1976

^{i c g}

• Diomus austrinus Gordon, 1976

^{i c g}

• Diomus balteatus (LeConte, 1878)

^{i c g}

• Diomus bigemmeus (Horn, 1895)

^{i c g b}

• Diomus caledoniensis (Bielawski, 1973)

^g

• Diomus debilis (Leconte, 1852)

^{i c g b}

• Diomus floridanus (Mulsant, 1850)

^{i c g}

• Diomus gillerforsi Fursch, 1987

^g

• Diomus humilis Gordon, 1976

^{i c g}

• Diomus liebecki (Horn, 1895)

^{i c g b} (Liebeck's lady)

• Diomus myrmidon (Mulsant, 1850)

^{i c g}

• Diomus notescens (Blackburn, 1889)

ⁱ

• Diomus ochroderus (Mulsant, 1850)

^g

• Diomus pseudotaedatus Gordon, 1976

^{i c g b}

• Diomus pumilio (Weise, 1885)

^{i c g}

• Diomus roseicollis (Mulsant, 1853)

^{i c g b}

• Diomus rubidus (Motschulsky, 1837)

^g

• Diomus sexualis (Fauvel, 1903)

^g

• Diomus taedatus (Fall, 1901)

^{i c g}

• Diomus terminatus (Say, 1835)

^{i c g b}

• Diomus texanus Gordon, 1976

^{i c g b}

• Diomus thoracicus (Fabricius, 1801)

^g

• Diomus xanthaspis (Mulsant, 1850)

^{i c g b}Australian species

• Diomus ancorus
• Diomus australasiae
• Diomus australis
• Diomus bimaculatus
• Diomus brisbanensis
• Diomus brookfieldi
• Diomus bunya
• Diomus capital
• Diomus carbine
• Diomus casuarinae
• Diomus circus
• Diomus corticalis
• Diomus cowleyi
• Diomus cucullifer
• Diomus denhamensis
• Diomus elutus
• Diomus ementitor
• Diomus ferrugineus
• Diomus flavolaterus
• Diomus frater
• Diomus gilvus
• Diomus gingera
• Diomus hamatus
• Diomus hebes
• Diomus impictus
• Diomus inaffectatus
• Diomus insidiosus
• Diomus inusitatus
• Diomus jocosus
• Diomus kamerungensis
• Diomus kioloa
• Diomus kosciuszko
• Diomus kuranda
• Diomus leai
• Diomus lord
• Diomus lubricus
• Diomus macrops
• Diomus maestus
• Diomus mareebensis
• Diomus marmorosus
• Diomus micrus
• Diomus millaamillaa
• Diomus ningning
• Diomus notescens
• Diomus obumbratus
• Diomus operosus
• Diomus pisinus
• Diomus planulatus
• Diomus poonindiensis
• Diomus prodigialis
• Diomus pumilio
• Diomus reidi
• Diomus robustus
• Diomus scapularis
• Diomus sedani
• Diomus simplex
• Diomus sphragitis
• Diomus storeyi
• Diomus striatus
• Diomus subclarus
• Diomus subelongatulus
• Diomus sublatus
• Diomus sydneyensis
• Diomus tasmanicus
• Diomus tenebricosus
• Diomus tinaroo
• Diomus torres
• Diomus triangularis
• Diomus variiceps
• Diomus victoriensis
• Diomus villus
• Diomus weiri
• Diomus whittonensis
• Diomus yarrensis
• Diomus zborowskii

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
• Bouchard . Patrice. Bousquet . Yves. Davies . Anthony E.. Alonso-Zarazaga . Miguel A.. Lawrence . John F.. Lyal . Chris H. C.. Newton . Alfred F.. Reid . Chris A. M.. Schmitt . Michael. Ślipiński . S. Adam. Smith . Andrew B. T.. 4. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88. 1–972. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807. 21594053. 3088472. free.
• Casey . Thomas L.. 1908. Notes on the Coccinellidae. The Canadian Entomologist. 40. 11. 393–421. 10.4039/Ent40393-11.
• Gordon . Robert D.. 1985. The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93. 1. 1–912. 0028-7199.
• Gordon . Robert. Vandenberg . Natalia. 1991. Field guide to recently introduced species of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) in North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Book: Vandenberg . Natalia J.. Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. Thomas . M.C.. Skelley . P.E.. Frank . J.H.. 2002. Family 93; Coccinellidae Latreille 1807. American Beetles. CRC Press. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 371–389. 0-8493-0954-9.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diomus - Mulsant. September 2007. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. 19 July 2014.