Diomus pumilio
| Diomus pumilio | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Diomus |
| Species: | D. pumilio |
| Binomial name | |
| Diomus pumilio (Weise, 1885) | |
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Diomus pumilio is a species of ladybird.[1] Its common name is longblack ladybird.[2] It is found in North America, Oceania and Australia.[3] The species is originally from Australia,[4] but has been imported several times into the United States and Canada.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 1.35-1.60 mm. They have a black body. Males have the anterior pronotal margin, head, propleuron, mouthparts and anterior leg reddish yellow.[5]
References
- ↑ "ITIS standard report - Diomus pumilio (Weise, 1885)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ↑ "Diomus pumilio : Longblack Ladybird". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ↑ "GBIF - Diomus pumilio (Weise, 1885)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ↑ Pang, H.; Slipinski, A. (2009). "Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Genus Diomus Mulsant. Part 1". Annales zoologici. 59 (4): 641–698. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- ↑ Gordon, Robert D. (1985). "The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93 (1). The New York Entomological Society: 1–916. Retrieved August 4, 2025.