Diomus notescens

Diomus notescens
Diomus notescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Diomus
Species: D. notescens
Binomial name
Diomus notescens
(Blackburn, 1889)[1]

Diomus notescens, common name 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]

External links

References

  1. ^ "Diomus notescens (Blackburn, 1889)" (in English). ITIS. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=187012. Retrieved 2009-03-18. 
  2. ^ "Diomus notescens (Blackburn)" (in English). www.ento.csiro.au CSIRO. http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_734.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-18. 
  3. ^ Minute Two-spotted Ladybird: Diomus notescens


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