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Species Decadiomus bahamicus

Decadiomus bahamicus Casey - Decadiomus bahamicus
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 Decadiomus
Species bahamicus (Decadiomus bahamicus)
Other Common Names
Rubin Vase Lady Beetle (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Decadiomus bahamicus (Casey)
Orig. Comb: Scymnus (Diomus) bahamicus Casey, 1899
Size
1.5 mm
Range
FL (Dade Co.) / Caribbean (2)(3), first detected in Florida in 1991, and is an immigrant from the Caribbean or the Bahamas or Bermuda (Bennett and Gordon 1991)
Life Cycle
discovery of D. bahamicus preying on O. insignis in Miami provides a new host record. (Bennett and Gordon, 1991)
Remarks
Type Locality: Egg Island, The Bahamas
Print References
Bennett FD, Gordon, RD. 1991. New Florida ladybeetle. Florida Entomologist 74: 598-599.
Casey, T.L. 1899. A revision of the American Coccinellidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7: 71-169.
Gordon, R.D. and D.J. Hilburn. 1990. The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of Bermuda. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 98(3): 265-309.
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
Works Cited
1.iNaturalist
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
3.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by v belov on 2 December, 2010 - 3:04pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 12 February, 2024 - 2:35am

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