Diamesus osculans

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Diamesus osculans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Diamesus
Species:
D. osculans
Binomial name
Diamesus osculans
(Vigors, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Diamesus diffususPortevin, 1926
  • Diamesus reductusPic, 1917
  • Necrodes bifasciatusDejean, 1833
  • Necrodes osculansVigors, 1825

Diamesus osculans, is a species of carrion beetle found in the Indo-Malayan Realm and is known from India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, Laos, [1] China, and Australia. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Description

It is the largest species carrion beetle in the subfamily Silphinae which is commonly found on decaying corpse with forensic value. Adults can be easily attracted by light trap and animal remains. [6]

Genetics

In 2020, the complete mitochondrial genome of the species was assembled. It comprised with 19,398 base pairs in length with a total of 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA, and 13 protein-coding genes (PCG). [6]

References

  1. ↑ Completeweb.cz. "silphidae - page 1". INSECT TRADE. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  2. ↑ Williams, Geoff (November 1981). "Records of the carrion beetle 'Diamesus osculans' Vigor (Silphidae: Coleoptera) from New South Wales". Australian Entomologist, The. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  3. ↑ Peck, Stewart B. (2001). "Review of the carrion beetles of Australia and New Guinea (Coleoptera: Silphidae)" . Australian Journal of Entomology. 40 (2): 93–101. doi:10.1046/j.1440-6055.2001.00216.x . Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  4. ↑ King, Jocelyn E.; Riegler, Markus; Thomas, Richard G.; Spooner-Hart, Robert N. (2015). "Phylogenetic placement of Australian carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae)" . Austral Entomology. 54 (4): 366–375. doi:10.1111/aen.12138. S2CID   82841555 . Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  5. ↑ Ikeda, Hiroshi; Kagaya, Takashi; Kubota, Kohei; Abe, Toshio (2008). "Evolutionary Relationships Among Food Habit, Loss of Flight, and Reproductive Traits: Life-History Evolution in the Silphinae (coleoptera: Silphidae)". Evolution. 62 (8): 2065–2079. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00432.x . S2CID   7708947 . Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  6. 1 2 Zhang, Xiaoning; Hou, Qingbai; Zhang, Lei; Cai, Jifeng; Meng, Fanming (2020-04-02). "The complete mitochondrial genome of a potentially forensic related carrion beetle, Diamesus osculans (Vigors, 1825)". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 5 (2): 1423–1424. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1736955 . S2CID   219006876 . Retrieved 2021-07-09.


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