Diachus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Cryptocephalinae
Tribus: Cryptocephalini
Subtribus: Cryptocephalina
Genus: Diachus
Species (10): D. aeruginosus – D. auratus – D. catarius – D. chlorizans – D. erasus – D. levis – D. luscus – D. pallidicornis – D. squalens – D. subopacus

[Source: Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist]

Check (1): D. peninsularis
Name

Diachus LeConte, 1880: 196

Type species: Cryptocephalus auratus Fabricius, 1801, by subsequent designation of Kimoto, 1993.
Synonyms

Fabricianus Weise, 1895: 58
Type species: Cryptocephalus auratus Fabricius, 1801, by original designation.

References
Primary references

Weise, J. 1895. Zwei neue Cryptocephalinen-Gattungen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1895: 57–58. BHL.

Additional references

Riley, E.G., Clark, S.M. & Seeno, T.N. 2003. Catalog of the leaf beetles of America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopididae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 1. Sacramento, CA. 290 pp. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8. PDF. Reference page.
Schöller, M., Löbl, I. & Lopatin, I. 2010. Cryptocephalini [minus Cryptocephalus]. Pp. 606–617. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page.

Links

Diachus – Taxon details on BugGuide.

Diachus is a genus of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 10 described species in Diachus.[1][2][3]

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Diachus:

Diachus aeruginosus J. L. LeConte, 1880
Diachus auratus (Fabricius, 1801) (bronze leaf beetle)
Diachus catarius (Suffrian, 1852)
Diachus chlorizans (Suffrian, 1852)
Diachus erasus J. L. LeConte, 1880
Diachus levis (Haldeman, 1849)
Diachus luscus (Suffrian, 1858)
Diachus pallidicornis (Suffrian, 1867)
Diachus squalens (Suffrian, 1852)
Diachus subopacus Schaeffer, 1906

References

"Diachus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Diachus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

"Diachus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.