Decadiomus floridanus

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 floridanus

Name

Decadiomus floridanus (Mulsant, 1850)

• Original combination: Hyperaspis floridana Mulsant, 1850: 1040
• Authority for current placement: Vandenberg & Hanson, 2019: 255
• Type locality: Florida

Synonyms

• Scymnus quadritaeniatus LeConte, 1878: 400 (syn. Gordon, 1976: 323)
• Scymnus pellio Blatchley, 1927: 142 (ibid.)

References

Primary references

• Mulsant, E. 1850. Species des Coléoptères trimères sécuripalpes. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d’Agriculture et d’Industrie, Lyon (2) 2: 1–1104. 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

• Blatchley, W.S. 1927. Some new species of Coleoptera from Indiana and Florida. Entomological News 38(4): 139–144. BHL Reference page. 
• Gordon, R.D. 1976. The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States and Canada: key to genera and revision of Scymnus, Nephus and Diomus. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, (28) Google books (snippet view) Reference page. 
• LeConte, J.L. 1878. Additional descriptions of new species. Pp. 373–434. In: Schwarz, E.A. The Coleoptera of Florida. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17: 353–472. BHL Reference page.