| Diomus | |
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| Diomus amabilis | |
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| Diomus terminatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Coccinellinae |
| Tribe: | Diomini |
| Genus: | Diomus Mulsant, 18501 |
| Species | |
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400+ | |
Diomus is a genus of lady beetles that belongs to the family Coccinellidae. It can be found worldwide.234
It can grow to a length of 1.2-3.5 mm. Its body is a elongated oval that is weakly convex. The coloration of their body and elytra is variable.5
Distribution
Members of this genus can be found worldwide with many species occurring in tropical and subtropical regions including adjacent islands.5 They are mainly found in neotropical regions with more than 260 species described. The Australian region has 77 species with an estimated 140. Both the afrotropical and palaeartic regions contains 7 species and the oriental region contains 4 species.674
Taxonomy
This genus was originally described by Étienne Mulsant, a French entomologist and ornithologist, in 1850 as a subgenus of Scymnus. It was than elevated to its own genus in 1895 by Weise. However its status as its own genus within the tribe Scymnini or a subgenus of Scymnus was controversial. (Chapin, 1933) considered it its own genus immediately distinguishing it from Decadiomus.8 Some thought that it was a subgenus of Nephus. In 1999, Gordon suggested that this genus was a allogenic genus from Scymnini and proposed the tribe Diomini.4
Species
This genus is probably one of the largest genera in the family Coccinellidae. This genus currently contains more than 400 described species worldwide with many species possibly being undescribed.9 A list of species belonging to this genus can be found below:210113
- 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 tetricus González, 2015
- 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 Pang & Slipinski, 2009
- Diomus australasiae (Blackburn, 1892)
- Diomus australis (Blackburn, 1889)
- Diomus bimaculatus Pang & Slipinski, 2009
- Diomus brisbanensis (Blackburn, 1895)
- Diomus brookfieldi Pang & Slipinski, 2009
- Diomus bunya Pang & Slipinski, 2010
- Diomus capital Pang & Slipinski, 2009
- Diomus carbine Pang & Slipinski, 2010
- Diomus casuarinae (Blackburn, 1889)
- Diomus circus Pang & Slipinski, 2010
- Diomus corticalis (Lea, 1908)
- Diomus cowleyi (Blackburn, 1895)
- Diomus cucullifer (Blackburn, 1892)
- Diomus denhamensis Weise, 1929
- Diomus elutus (Lea, 1902)
- Diomus ementitor (Blackburn, 1895)
- Diomus ferrugineus Weise, 1895
- Diomus flavolaterus (Lea, 1926)
- Diomus frater (Lea, 1902)
- Diomus gilvus Pang & Slipinski, 2010
- Diomus gingera Pang & Slipinski, 2010
- Diomus hamatus Weise, 1895
- Diomus hebes Pang & Slipinski, 2010
- Diomus impictus (Blackburn, 1895)
- Diomus inaffectatus (Blackburn, 1892)
- Diomus insidiosus (Blackburn, 1889)
- Diomus inusitatus (Blackburn, 1889)
- Diomus jocosus (Blackburn, 1892)
- Diomus kamerungensis (Blackburn, 1895)
- Diomus kioloa Pang & Slipinski, 2010
- Diomus kosciuszko Pang & Slipinski, 2009
- Diomus kuranda Pang & Slipinski, 2009
- Diomus leai Pang & Slipinski, 2010
- Diomus lord Pang & Slipinski, 2010
- Diomus lubricus (Blackburn, 1889)
- Diomus macrops (Lea, 1929)
- Diomus maestus (Lea, 1926)
- Diomus mareebensis (Blackburn, 1895)
- Diomus marmorosus Pang & Slipinski, 2009
- Diomus micrus Pang & Slipinski, 2010
- Diomus millaamillaa Pang & Slipinski, 2009
- Diomus ningning Pang & Slipinski, 2009
- Diomus notescens (Blackburn, 1889)
- Diomus obumbratus (Blackburn, 1895)
- Diomus operosus (Blackburn, 1895)
- Diomus pisinus Pang & Slipinski, 2010
- Diomus planulatus (Blackburn, 1895)
- Diomus poonindiensis (Blackburn, 1889)
- Diomus prodigialis Pang & Slipinski, 2010
- Diomus pumilio Weise, 1885
- Diomus reidi Pang & Slipinski, 2009
- Diomus robustus (Weise, 1929)
- Diomus scapularis (Weise, 1885)
- Diomus sedani (Blackburn, 1889)
- Diomus simplex (Blackburn, 1889)
- Diomus sphragitis (Weise, 1885)
- Diomus storeyi Pang & Slipinski, 2009
- Diomus striatus (Lea, 1902)
- Diomus subclarus (Blackburn, 1895)
- Diomus subelongatulus (Blackburn, 1892)
- Diomus sublatus (Blackburn, 1892)
- Diomus sydneyensis (Blackburn, 1892)
- Diomus tasmanicus Pang & Slipinski, 2010
- Diomus tenebricosus (Boheman, 1859)
- Diomus tinaroo Pang & Slipinski, 2009
- Diomus torres Pang & Slipinski, 2009
- Diomus triangularis (Lea, 1902)
- Diomus variiceps (Lea, 1929)
- Diomus victoriensis (Blackburn, 1892)
- Diomus villus Pang & Slipinski, 2010
- Diomus weiri Pang & Slipinski, 2009
- Diomus whittonensis (Blackburn, 1892)
- Diomus yarrensis (Blackburn, 1895)
- Diomus zborowskii Pang & Slipinski, 2009
Data sources: i = ITIS,2 c = Catalogue of Life,12 g = GBIF,10 b = Bugguide.net11
References
References
- "Diomus (Mulsant, 1850)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- "Diomus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- "Diomus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- Bi, Keke & Liang, Xinyue & Peng, Feng & Huo, Lizhi & Chen, Xiaosheng. (2023). Contribution to the knowledge of the ladybird beetle genus Diomus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), with description of a new species from China. Zoological Systematics. 10.11865/zs.2023121.
- "Diomus - Mulsant". Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. September 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- Reid, C.A.M. (2008). "Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Their Biology and Classification ‐ Edited by Adam Ślipiński". Systematic Entomology. 33 (1): 211–212. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00412_2.x. ISSN 0307-6970.
- "Vol. 93, No. 1, Jan., 1985 of Journal of the New York Entomological Society on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
- Biological Society of Washington; Biological Society of Washington; Biological Society of Washington; Institution, Smithsonian; Institution, Smithsonian (1933). "Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington". v.46 (1933). ISSN 0006-324X. Archived from the original on 2025-02-19.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Ramos, Albéryca Stephany de Jesus Costa; González, Guillermo; Lemos, Raimunda Nonata Santos de (2020). "A new species of Diomus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Diomini) from the eastern Amazon". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 64 (4). doi:10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2020-0014. ISSN 1806-9665.
- "Diomus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- "Diomus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- "Browse Diomus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
Further reading
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- 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.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- Casey, Thomas L. (1908). "Notes on the Coccinellidae". The Canadian Entomologist. 40 (11): 393–421. doi: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. ISSN 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.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Vandenberg, Natalia J. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, M.C.; Skelley, P.E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.). Family 93; Coccinellidae Latreille 1807. American Beetles. Vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 371–389. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.