Series Cucujiformia

Short but very informational article on this lady beetle's life cycle and prey. Includes descriptions of all larval instars, dorsal illustrations of first and fourth instars, and illustration of fourth instar head.

Full citation, with entire title:

Akbar, W., C. Carlton, and T. E. Reagan. "Life Cycle and Larval Morphology of Diomus terminatus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Its Potential as a Biological Control Agent of Melanaphis sacchari (Hemiptera: Aphididae)." Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102(1): 96-103 (2009).

Link goes to a PDF file, which can be viewed in the free Adobe Acrobat program.

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Info collected mostly from literature, apparently in preparation for taxonomic revisions.
NB: [1] click species epithets under/next to thumbnails to access species pages from a species-group page; [2] A. squamosus group continued here; [3] see also(1)

Cited in the above-linked pdf:

Blaisdell, Frank Ellsworth. 1909. A monographic revision of the Coleoptera belonging to the Tenebrionide tribe Eleodiini inhabiting the United States, lower California, and adjacent islands. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 63: xi + 524 pp., 13 pl.

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