Diaperis

Diaperis boleti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Diaperinae
Tribus: Diaperini
Subtribus: Diaperina
Genus: Diaperis
Species: D. bifida – D. boleti – D. californica – D. lewisi – D. maculata – D. nigronotata – D. niponensis – D. quadrimaculata – D. rufipes – D. sanguinipennis

Nomina dubia: D. cornigera Gistel, 1857: 12, per Iwan & Löbl (Eds), 2020: 475.

Name

Diaperis (Fourcroy in) Geoffroy, 1762

Type species: Chrysomela boleti Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent monotypy (per Müller 1776: 74; see ICZN 1994a, Opinion 1754, cited in Bouchard et al. 2021: 161).

Gender: feminine [Greek (ancient), prefix dia- διά (meaning "through", "divided by" etc) and derivative of the root verb πείρω / πεῖραι (peírō / peîra) "to pierce" or "bore" etc, modified as feminine noun with -ις (-is) suffix, latinized as Di(a)-per-is, roughly translating to "that which pierces/ passes through" which plausibly referred the unique shape of the antennae]

Synonymy

• Diaperis Geoffroy, 1762: 337, Pl. 6, fig.3. (Original combination); Iwan & Löbl (Eds), 2020: 399; Bouchard et al. 2021: 161.
• Allophasia Pascoe, 1871: 351 (Junior subjective synonym per Triplehorn & Brendell, 1985: 14 cited in Bouchard et al. 2021: 95).
  • Type species: Allophasia fryi Pascoe, 1871

References

Primary references

• Geoffroy, E.L. 1762. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris; dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique. Tome premier. Durand, Paris. xxviii + 523 pp., 10 pls. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.14710. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Aalbu, R.L., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Merkl, O.(†) & Davies, A.E. 2021. Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera). ZooKeys 1050: 1–633. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217 Reference page. 
• Iwan, D., Löbl, I., Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Kamiński, M, Merkl, O., Ando, K. & Schawaller, W. 2020. Family Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802. In: Iwan, D. & Löbl, I. (eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 5. Tenebrionoidea. Revised and Updated Second Edition. Brill. xxiv, 945 pp. DOI: 10.1163/9789004434998 (via Wikipedia Library ). ISBN 978-90-04-43499-8. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. 2008 (Eds). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 5. Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 670 pp. ISBN 87-88757-84-6 (General Reference) [Archive Index
• Arnett, R.H., Jr., et al. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL (p.492, ascribes taxon to Muller, 1764)
• Triplehorn, C.A. 1965. Revision of Diaperini of America North of Mexico with notes on extralimital species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 117(3515): 359-457. full article BHL Reference page. 
• Triplehorn, C.A. & Brendell, M.J.D. 1985. A new Diaperis from Brazil, with notes on other species and generic relationships (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Diaperinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 39 (1): 11–15. JSTOR

Links

• Atlas of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) of Russia

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