Global distribution of the genus Diomus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), with new findings from the Middle East

A comprehensive worldwide list of ۴۲۵ species of the ladybird genus Diomus Mulsant, ۱۸۵۰, is provided, together with the number of countries occupied by each species in the major biogeographical regions. Thirteen of the species formally assigned to the genus must be confirmed. Also, records of Diomus species occurring in the Middle East are documented, and the genus Diomus is reported from Oman for the first time, based on a female specimen of an undetermined species. Findings exclude previous reports of D. rubidus (Motschulsky, ۱۸۳۷) from Turkey and D. anemicus Fürsch, ۱۹۶۰ from Palestine. We provide a distribution map of Diomus species in the Middle East and present morphological and morphometric characters based on light and electron microscopy. Finally, we propose the replacement name Diomus stajerovae González and Větrovec, nom. nov., for D. panamensis González and Větrovec, ۲۰۲۱, which is a junior homonym of D. panamensis Gorham, ۱۸۹۷.

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Checklist ، Ladybird beetles ، biogeography ، new record ، Junior homonym ، New name