Decadiomus amabilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccinelloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Coccinellidae
Subfamilia: Coccinellinae
Tribus: Diomini
Genus: Decadiomus
Species: Decadiomus amabilis

Name

Decadiomus amabilis (LeConte, 1852)

• Original combination: Scymnus amabilis LeConte, 1852: 135
• Authority for current placement: Vandenberg & Hanson, 2019: 255
• Type locality: New Orleans

Synonyms

• Scymnus dulcis Casey, 1899: 159 (syn Gordon, 1985: 321)
• Scymnus emertoni Casey, 1924: 172 (syn Gordon, 1985: 324)

References

Primary references

• LeConte, J.L. 1852. Remarks on the Coccinellidae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 129–145. BHL Reference page. 
• Vandenberg, N.J. & Hanson, P.E., 2019. Overview of the lady beetle tribe Diomini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and description of a new phytophagous, silk-spinning genus from Costa Rica that induces food bodies on leaves of Piper (Piperaceae). Zootaxa 4554(1): 255–285. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4554.1.9 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Casey, T.L. 1899. A revision of the American Coccinellidae; with Appendix of Coccinellidae taken in equatorial and southern Africa during the Transit of Venus expedition to the Cape of Good Hope in 1882. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7(2): 71–169. BHL Reference page. 
• Casey, T.L. 1924. Additions to the known Coleoptera of North America. Memoirs on the Coleoptera 11: 1–347. BHL Reference page. 
• Gordon, R.D. 1985. The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93(1): 1–916. BHL Reference page.