Decadiomus austrinus

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 austrinus

Name

Decadiomus austrinus (Gordon, 1975)

• original combination: Epilachna austrina Gordon, 1975: 54
• Authority for current placement: Vandenberg & Hanson, 2019: 264
• Type locality: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo: Campinas
• Holotype: male ♂, F.C. Camargo, USNM

Synonyms

• Decadiomus seini Segarra, 2014: 556 (syn. Vandenberg & Hanson, l.c.)

References

Primary references

• Gordon, R.D. 1975. A revision of the Epilachninae of the Western Hemisphere (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Technical Bulletin No. 1493. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. 409 pp. PDF. 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

• Segarra Carmona, A.E. & Otero, M. 2014. Four new ladybug species belonging to Decadiomus Chapin (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Puerto Rico. Neotropical Entomology 43(6): 555–563. DOI: 10.1007/s13744-014-0243-8 ResearchGate Reference page.