Biology:Diaperis

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Diaperis
Diaperis boleti MHNT Fronton.jpg
Diaperis boleti
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Tribe: Diaperini
Genus: Diaperis
Geoffroy, 1762
Type species
Chrysomela boleti
Linnaeus, 1758

Diaperis is a genus of darkling beetle with species known from Asia, Europe, and the Americas.[1] Some species were formerly placed in the genus Allophasia.[2] A species described in this genus is now Serrania viridula (Zayas, 1989).[3]

Species in the genus include:[4]

  • Diaperis bifida Triplehorn and Brendell
  • Diaperis boleti (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Diaperis boleti bipustulata Laporte & Brullé, 1831
  • Diaperis californica Blaisdell, 1929
  • Diaperis coccinea Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
  • Diaperis fryi (Pascoe)
  • Diaperis lewisi Bates
    • Diaperis lewisi intersecta Gebien, 1913
  • Diaperis maculata Olivier 1791
  • Diaperis marseuli (Bates)
  • Diaperis nigronotata Pic 1926
  • Diaperis rufipes Horn, 1870

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15732890 entry