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]

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