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]

References

  1. ↑ "Diomus notescens (Blackburn, 1889)". ITIS. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  2. ↑ "Diomus notescens (Blackburn)". www.ento.csiro.au CSIRO. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  3. ↑ Minute Two-spotted Ladybird: Diomus notescens
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