Diomus notescens

Diomus notescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Diomus
Species:
D. notescens
Binomial name
Diomus notescens
(Blackburn, 1889)[1]
Synonyms
  • Scymnus notescens Blackburn, 1889
  • Diomus rusticus Weise, 1895

Diomus notescens, the minute two-spotted ladybird, is a ladybird species endemic to the east and south of Australia.[2]

Description

This small beetle is only 2.5 millimetres long. It is a deep shade of greenish-black with two large reddish-brown patches on the elytra. It is covered with very short pubescence.[3]

References

  1. โ†‘ "Diomus notescens (Blackburn, 1889)". ITIS. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  2. โ†‘ "Diomus notescens (Blackburn)". www.ento.csiro.au CSIRO. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  3. โ†‘ Minute Two-spotted Ladybird: Diomus notescens