Diomus xanthaspis

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: Diomus
Species: Diomus xanthaspis

Name

Diomus xanthaspis (Mulsant, 1850)

• Original combination: Scymnus (Diomus) xanthaspis Mulsant, 1850: 952
• Type locality: Florida

Synonyms

• Scymnus (Diomus) houstoni Casey, 1899: 158 (all syn. Gordon, 1976: 350)
• Scymnus (Diomus) appalacheus Casey, 1899: 158
• Scymnus (Diomus) brunnescens Casey, 1899: 158 (preocc.)
• Scymnus caseyi Weise, 1929: 33 (preocc.!) replacement name for S. brunnescens Casey
• Scymnus caseyianus Leng & Mutchler, 1933: 35 replacement name for S. brunnescens Casey

References

Primary references

• Mulsant, E. 1850. Species des Coléoptères trimères sécuripalpes. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d’Agriculture et d’Industrie, Lyon (2) 2: 1–1104. BHL 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. 
• Leng, C.W. & Mutchler, A.J. 1933. Second and Third Supplements 1925 to 1932 (inclusive) to catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. John D. Sherman Jr., Mount Vernon (N.Y.). 112 pp. BHL 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.