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Species Diomus amabilis

Diomus amabilis (LeConte) - Diomus amabilis

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 amabilis (Diomus amabilis)

Other Common Names

"Amiable Lady"

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Diomus amabilis (LeConte)

Orig. Comb: Scymnus amabilis LeConte, 1852

Explanation of Names

amabili (L) 'lovely' (1)

Numbers

18 spp n. of Mex. (2)

Size

1.5-2.0 mm long

Identification

Highly variable. See: Gordon's figures (3)

Dark brown with four light brown markings. These markings may range from small spots to large, confluent patches.

Range

scattered e. US records, roughly: TX-VA-MA-SD - Map (3)(4)(5)(BG data)

Print References

Gordon, 1985, esp. pp. 321-323, figs. 261-262.(3)

Horn, 1895, esp. p. 94 and plate I, fig. 8.(6)

LeConte, J.L. 1852. Remarks upon the Coccinellidae of the United States. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 6: 129-145.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	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.

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

4.	List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)

5.	Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)

6.	Studies in Coccinellidae George H. Horn. 1895. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 22.

Contributed by Abigail Parker on 20 April, 2011 - 8:53am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 6 August, 2018 - 10:59am

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