Diniella

Diniella
Diniella glabrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Rhyparochromidae
Subfamily:	Rhyparochrominae
Tribe:	Lethaeini
Genus:	Diniella Bergroth, 1893
Synonyms [1]
Abdolominus Distant, 1904 Androgeus Stål, 1865 Dinia Stål, 1874 Lasiosomoidea Wagner, 1961 Lasiosomus Lispochroa Breddin, 1907 Lispolophus Bergroth, 1894 Lua Distant, 1909

Diniella is a genus of Asian seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae and tribe Lethaeini, erected by Ernst Evald Bergroth in 1893. ^[2] The known species distribution appears to include North-western Africa, Sri Lanka, Indochina and Japan. ^[1]

Species

The Lygaeoidea Species File ^[1] lists:

1. Diniella bengalensis Distant, 1909
2. Diniella blandula (Breddin, 1907)
3. Diniella cognita Scudder, 1971
4. Diniella coleoptrata Slater, 1998
5. Diniella fasciata (Heer, 1853)
6. Diniella glabrata (Stål, 1874) – type species (by subsequent designation)
7. Diniella intaminata (Distant, 1904)
8. Diniella laevicollis (Reuter, 1882)
9. Diniella laeviuscula (Bergroth, 1918)
10. Diniella marginatus (Signoret, 1860)
11. Diniella nitens (Wagner, 1961)
12. Diniella nitida (Reuter, 1882)
13. Diniella pallipes (Scott, 1874)
14. Diniella picina (Distant, 1904)
15. Diniella polita (Stål, 1874)
16. Diniella seriepunctata (Lethierry, 1889)
17. Diniella sevosa (Distant, 1901)
18. Diniella tartarea (Distant, 1909)
19. Diniella trispinosa Linnavuori, 1978
20. Diniella yinae Zheng & Liu, 1992

References

1. Lygaeoidea Species File: genus Diniella Bergroth, 1893 (retrieved 20 November 2025)
2. Bergroth E (1893) Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud aux iles Sechelles. Rev. Ent., Caen.

External links

• Media related to Diniella at Wikimedia Commons