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Species Diomus terminatus

Diomus Terminatus life cycle - Diomus terminatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Coccinelloidea

No Taxon (Coccinellid group)

Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)

Subfamily Scymninae

Tribe Diomini

Genus Diomus

Species terminatus (Diomus terminatus)

Other Common Names

Yellow-tipped Diomus

Explanation of Names

Diomus terminatus (Say 1852)

Size

Length: 1.5-1.9mm (1)

Identification

elytron black except apical fourth yellow - Gordon's Figures (1)(2)

Range

e. US (NY-FL to IA-TX) - Map (1)(2)

Food

Generalist aphid predator

Life Cycle

Remarks

the most commonly coll'ed sp. of Diomus (1)

Print References

Akbar W., Carlton C., Reagan T.E. (2009) Life cycle and larval morphology of Diomus terminatus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and its potential as a biological control agent of Melanaphis sacchari (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 102: 96-103.

Gordon R.D. (1999) South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part VI: a systematic revision of the South American Diomini, new tribe (Scymninae). Ann. Zool. (Warszawa) 49 (Suppl.1): 1-219.

Hentz M.G., Nuesslyand G.S. (2002) Morphology and biology of Diomus terminatus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a predator of Sipha flava (Homoptera: Aphididae). Fla Entomol. 85: 276–279. (Full text)

Meyerdirk D.E. (1983) Biology of Diomus flavifrons (Blackburn) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a citrus mealybug predator. Env. Entomol. 12: 1275-1277.

Internet References

LeConte's Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States & Canada: Key to genera and revision of Scymnus, Nephus, & Diomus Robert D. Gordon. 1976. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, NY, Vol 28.

2.	The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.

Contributed by tom murray on 27 March, 2006 - 6:29pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 6 February, 2024 - 11:28am

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