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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Dusky Lady Beetles (Scymnini)
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160313C02
Copyright © 2016 Iustin Cret

160313C02
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
March 16, 2016
Size: 2,4 mm
I found it under the bark of a dead tree
Diomus terminatus?

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160313C02 160313C02
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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 19 March, 2016 - 5:12pm
Last updated 8 April, 2017 - 2:20pm

Moved
Moved from Scymninae.
… v belov, 8 April, 2017 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

The postcoxal line seems to curve back up
which suggests a Scymnus species. In Diomus this line should reach and stop at the sternum margin and not does not curve up. I can only see the small image though, perhaps one of you can confirm this is or isn't the case.

A good example of Diomus postcoxal is this image
… James Bailey, 1 April, 2016 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Postcoxal line
Looking at the full-size ventral view of Iustin's beetle, I agree the postcoxal line doesn't reach the posterior margin and at least starts to curve back up.
… John Schneider, 11 August, 2016 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles.
… Iustin Cret, 21 March, 2016 - 7:46am login or register to post comments

thinking Diomus terminatus
based on swirled elytral setae in an 'S' pattern (but this my not be as solid as a feature as I had previously thought...)
… Blaine Mathison, 20 March, 2016 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

Coccinellid, Lady Beetle.
Diomus or Scymnus a possibility, something like:

or
… Gary Griswold, 19 March, 2016 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

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