Dianous

The name of this taxon appears to be invalid under the relevant nomenclatural code, as it is a redundant synonym of Stenus.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Steninae
Genus: Dianous
Species: D. acuminifer – D. acutatus – D. acutus – D. adonis – D. aeneus – D. aequalis – D. aerator – D. aereus – D. alcyoneus – D. alternans – D. amamiensis – D. amicus – D. andrewesi – D. angulifer – D. annandalei – D. annapurnaensis – D. arachnipes – D. asperifrons – D. assamensis – D. ater – D. atrocoeruleus – D. atrocyaneus – D. atroviolaceus – D. aurichalceus – D. azureus – D. baliensis – D. banghaasi – D. bashanensis – D. bellulus – D. bellus – D. benicki – D. betzi – D. bhotius – D. bhutanensis – D. biformis – D. bifoveifrons – D. bimaculatus – D. bioculatus – D. biscobriculifrons – D. boops – D. borailmontis – D. bracteatus – D. brevicornis – D. brevitarsis – D. burckhardti – D. caeruleolimbatus – D. caeruleonotatus – D. caeruleostigmaticus – D. calceatus – D. calvicollis – D. camelus – D. cameroni – D. cameronianus – D. carinipennis – D. cebuensis – D. chalybeus – D. championi – D. chetri – D. chinensis – D. coeruleogutta – D. coeruleomicans – D. coeruleostigma – D. coeruleotinctus – D. coeruleovestitus – D. coeruleoviridis – D. coerulescens – D. concretus – D. consors – D. convexifrons – D. corticicola – D. corvipenis – D. cribrarius – D. cruentatus – D. cupreoaeneus – D. cupreogutta – D. cupreonitens – D. cupreostigma – D. cupreoviolaceus – D. cyaneocupreus – D. cyaneovirens – D. cyanogaster – D. dabashanus – D. dajak – D. davaomontium – D. davidwrasei – D. depressifrons – D. deviatus – D. distigma – D. dubiosus – D. electrigutta – D. elegantulus – D. emarginatus – D. emeiensis – D. endymion – D. ernstjuengeri – D. falsificatus – D. farkaci – D. fauveli – D. fellowesi – D. fellowesianus – D. femoralis – D. fengtingae – D. festinus – D. flavicoxatus – D. flavoculatus – D. flavoguttatus – D. fluctivagus – D. fornicifrons – D. frater – D. freyi – D. fulgidicollis – D. gemmosus – D. gonggamontis – D. gracilipes – D. gracilis – D. grandistigma – D. gregarius – D. guillaumei – D. hainanensis – D. hajeki – D. hajekianus – D. hammondi – D. haraldi – D. hastifer – D. hirsutus – D. huanghaoi – D. hubeiensis – D. humaboni – D. hummeli – D. hygrobius – D. inaequalis – D. inconspicuus – D. iridicolor – D. iwakisanus – D. jaechi – D. japonicus – D. javanicola – D. kabakovi – D. karen – D. karnatakanus – D. kejvali – D. keralanus – D. kinabalumontis – D. kishimotoi – D. kleebergi – D. koreanus – D. lahu – D. laoticus – D. lasti – D. latitarsis – D. lieni – D. lilizheni – D. limitaneus – D. liratipennis – D. lividus – D. lobatipes – D. lobigerus – D. loebli – D. loeblianus – D. luteoguttatus – D. luteolunatus – D. luteostigma – D. luteostigmaticus – D. malayanus – D. manaslumontium – D. margaretae – D. martensi – D. mendax – D. meo – D. minor – D. moritai – D. nagamontium – D. naicus – D. nepalensis – D. niger – D. nigrocyaneus – D. nigrovirens – D. nilgiriensis – D. ningxiaensis – D. nitidicollis – D. nitidulus – D. nokrekensis – D. obliquenotatus – D. obscuroguttatus – D. ocellatus – D. ocellifer – D. oculatipennis – D. pallitarsis – D. pengi – D. philippinus – D. poecilus – D. ponticus – D. pseudacutus – D. pseudaerator – D. psilopterus – D. punctiventris – D. puthzi – D. pykaranus – D. radiatus – D. reformator – D. rimosipennis – D. robustus – D. rougemonti – D. rougemontianus – D. rufidulus – D. rufimontis – D. ruginosus – D. rugipennis – D. rugosipennis – D. ruzickai – D. saxicola – D. scabricollis – D. schillhammeri – D. schoenmanni – D. schuelkei – D. senex – D. shan – D. shibatai – D. shibataianus – D. siamensis – D. sichuanensis – D. silvicola – D. silvicultrix – D. siwalikensis – D. smetanai – D. socius – D. spiniventris – D. srivichaii – D. strabo – D. striatellus – D. subtortuosus – D. subvorticosus – D. sucinigutta – D. suciniguttatus – D. sucininotatus – D. sulcatipennis – D. sulcipennis – D. taiwanensis – D. tiomanensis – D. tonkinensis – D. tortuosus – D. tortus – D. transgressor – D. tubericollis – D. tumidifrons – D. uncinipenis – D. uniformis – D. variegatus – D. versicolor – D. versicolorus – D. verticosus – D. vietnamensis – D. violaceus – D. viridicupreus – D. viridipennis – D. viridisplendens – D. viriditinctus – D. vorticipennis – D. wittmeri – D. yangae – D. yao – D. yinziweii – D. yoshidai – D. yunnanensis – D. zhejiangensis

Invalid species names: D. araeocerus – D. klapperichi – D. siberutensis

Name

Dianous Leach, 1819: 173

Type species: Stenus coerulescens Gyllenhal, 1810, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

Status: invalid [synonym of Stenus Latreille, 1797; synonymized by Puthz, 2025]

References

Primary references

Leach, W.E. 1819: [new genera]. In: Samouelle G.: The entomologist’s useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British insects comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and the modern method of arranging the classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology: a calendar of the times of appearance, and usual situations of near 3000 species of British insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. London: Thomas Boys, 496 pp. BHL
Puthz, V. 2025. Taxonomische Konsequenzen der neueren Untersuchungen der Subfamilie Steninae Macleay (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) (378. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Steninen). Linzer biologische Beiträge 57(1): 285–310. PDF . Reference page. [syn. n. of Stenus]

Additional references

Naomi, S.-I., Nomura, S. & Puthz, V. 2017. The subfamily Steninae Macleay, 1825 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Japan. Part 1. Dianous and Stenus (S. comma group to S. guttalis group). National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs [Tokyo] No. 46: 1–339. PDF. Reference page. [diagnosis, taxonomy, key to the Japanese species of Dianous: p. 25]
Puthz, V. 2015. Übersicht über die Arten der Gattung Dianous Leach group I (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 345. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Steninen Linzer biologische Beiträge 47(2): 1747–1783. Full article (PDF) Reference page. [Key to the species of the genus Dianous Leach group I: p. 1763]
Shi, K. & H.-Z. Zhou 2009: A new Dianous species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae) from China, with a key to Chinese species of the coerulescens complex. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 56(2): 289–294. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.200900025
Tang, L.; Li, L.-Z. 2013: Notes on the Chinese species of Dianous group I (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 342: 13–19. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.342.5842 Reference page.
Tang, L.; Li, L.-Z.; Cao, G.-H. 2011: On Chinese species of Dianous group I (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae). ZooKeys, 111: 67–85. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.111.1431
Tang, L. & Wang, W. 2018. Notes on the Dianous luteoguttatus complex with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58(1): 237–242. DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2018-0020 Reference page. [key to the Dianous luteoguttatus complex: p. 242]