Decadiomus bigemmeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccinelloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Coccinellidae
Subfamilia: Coccinellinae
Tribus: Diomini
Genus: Decadiomus
Species: Decadiomus bigemmeus

Name

Decadiomus bigemmeus (Horn, 1895)

• original combination: Scymnus bigemmeus Horn, 1895: 87
• Authority for current placement: Vandenberg & Hanson, 2019: 255
• Type locality: Florida

Synonyms

• Scymnus stigma Casey, 1899: 158 (preocc.)
• Scymnus lunaris Weise, 1929: 33 nom. nov. for S. stigma Casey (syn. Gordon, 1976: 338)

References

Primary references

• Horn, G.H. 1895. Studies in Coccinellidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 22(2): 81–114. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Vandenberg, N.J. & Hanson, P.E., 2019. Overview of the lady beetle tribe Diomini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and description of a new phytophagous, silk-spinning genus from Costa Rica that induces food bodies on leaves of Piper (Piperaceae). Zootaxa 4554(1): 255–285. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4554.1.9 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Casey, T.L. 1899. A revision of the American Coccinellidae; with Appendix of Coccinellidae taken in equatorial and southern Africa during the Transit of Venus expedition to the Cape of Good Hope in 1882. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7(2): 71–169. BHL Reference page. 
• Gordon, R.D. 1976. The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States and Canada: key to genera and revision of Scymnus, Nephus and Diomus. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, (28) Google books (snippet view) Reference page. 
• Weise, J. 1929. Westindische Chrysomeliden und Coccinelliden (& Änderungen in der Gattung Scymnus). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere Suppl. 16: 11–34. PDF Reference page.