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Species Diomus terminatus

Diomus terminatus (Say) - Diomus terminatus Lady Beetle - Diomus terminatus Face - Diomus terminatus Tiny beetle - Diomus terminatus Lady Beetle - Diomus terminatus Lady Beetle - Diomus terminatus Lady Beetle - Diomus terminatus Scymnini? - 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)
See Also
Scymnus rubricaudus Casey - Gordon's figures (2) - elytral tips more reddish/orange than pale as in Diomus terminatus
- Range: e. US
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2015
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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