Dianous

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: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Steninae
Genus: Dianous
Species: D. acuminifer – D. acutatus – D. acutus – D. adonis – D. aeneus – D. aequalis – D. aerator – D. aereus – D. alcyoneus – D. alternans – D. amamiensis – D. amicus – D. andrewesi – D. angulifer – D. annandalei – D. annapurnaensis – D. arachnipes – D. asperifrons – D. assamensis – D. ater – D. atrocoeruleus – D. atrocyaneus – D. atroviolaceus – D. aurichalceus – D. azureus – D. baliensis – D. banghaasi – D. bashanensis – D. bellulus – D. bellus – D. benicki – D. betzi – D. bhotius – D. bhutanensis – D. biformis – D. bifoveifrons – D. bimaculatus – D. bioculatus – D. biscobriculifrons – D. boops – D. borailmontis – D. bracteatus – D. brevicornis – D. brevitarsis – D. burckhardti – D. caeruleolimbatus – D. caeruleonotatus – D. caeruleostigmaticus – D. calceatus – D. calvicollis – D. camelus – D. cameroni – D. cameronianus – D. carinipennis – D. cebuensis – D. chalybeus – D. championi – D. chetri – D. chinensis – D. coeruleogutta – D. coeruleomicans – D. coeruleostigma – D. coeruleotinctus – D. coeruleovestitus – D. coeruleoviridis – D. coerulescens – D. concretus – D. consors – D. convexifrons – D. corticicola – D. corvipenis – D. cribrarius – D. cruentatus – D. cupreoaeneus – D. cupreogutta – D. cupreonitens – D. cupreostigma – D. cupreoviolaceus – D. cyaneocupreus – D. cyaneovirens – D. cyanogaster – D. dabashanus – D. dajak – D. davaomontium – D. davidwrasei – D. depressifrons – D. deviatus – D. distigma – D. dubiosus – D. electrigutta – D. elegantulus – D. emarginatus – D. emeiensis – D. endymion – D. ernstjuengeri – D. falsificatus – D. farkaci – D. fauveli – D. fellowesi – D. fellowesianus – D. femoralis – D. fengtingae – D. festinus – D. flavicoxatus – D. flavoculatus – D. flavoguttatus – D. fluctivagus – D. fornicifrons – D. frater – D. freyi – D. fulgidicollis – D. gemmosus – D. gonggamontis – D. gracilipes – D. gracilis – D. grandistigma – D. gregarius – D. guillaumei – D. hainanensis – D. hajeki – D. hajekianus – D. hammondi – D. haraldi – D. hastifer – D. hirsutus – D. huanghaoi – D. hubeiensis – D. humaboni – D. hummeli – D. hygrobius – D. inaequalis – D. inconspicuus – D. iridicolor – D. iwakisanus – D. jaechi – D. japonicus – D. javanicola – D. kabakovi – D. karen – D. karnatakanus – D. kejvali – D. keralanus – D. kinabalumontis – D. kishimotoi – D. kleebergi – D. koreanus – D. lahu – D. laoticus – D. lasti – D. latitarsis – D. lieni – D. lilizheni – D. limitaneus – D. liratipennis – D. lividus – D. lobatipes – D. lobigerus – D. loebli – D. loeblianus – D. luteoguttatus – D. luteolunatus – D. luteostigma – D. luteostigmaticus – D. malayanus – D. manaslumontium – D. margaretae – D. martensi – D. mendax – D. meo – D. minor – D. moritai – D. nagamontium – D. naicus – D. nepalensis – D. niger – D. nigrocyaneus – D. nigrovirens – D. nilgiriensis – D. ningxiaensis – D. nitidicollis – D. nitidulus – D. nokrekensis – D. obliquenotatus – D. obscuroguttatus – D. ocellatus – D. ocellifer – D. oculatipennis – D. pallitarsis – D. pengi – D. philippinus – D. poecilus – D. ponticus – D. pseudacutus – D. pseudaerator – D. psilopterus – D. punctiventris – D. puthzi – D. pykaranus – D. radiatus – D. reformator – D. rimosipennis – D. robustus – D. rougemonti – D. rougemontianus – D. rufidulus – D. rufimontis – D. ruginosus – D. rugipennis – D. rugosipennis – D. ruzickai – D. saxicola – D. scabricollis – D. schillhammeri – D. schoenmanni – D. schuelkei – D. senex – D. shan – D. shibatai – D. shibataianus – D. siamensis – D. sichuanensis – D. silvicola – D. silvicultrix – D. siwalikensis – D. smetanai – D. socius – D. spiniventris – D. srivichaii – D. strabo – D. striatellus – D. subtortuosus – D. subvorticosus – D. sucinigutta – D. suciniguttatus – D. sucininotatus – D. sulcatipennis – D. sulcipennis – D. taiwanensis – D. tiomanensis – D. tonkinensis – D. tortuosus – D. tortus – D. transgressor – D. tubericollis – D. tumidifrons – D. uncinipenis – D. uniformis – D. variegatus – D. versicolor – D. versicolorus – D. verticosus – D. vietnamensis – D. violaceus – D. viridicupreus – D. viridipennis – D. viridisplendens – D. viriditinctus – D. vorticipennis – D. wittmeri – D. yangae – D. yao – D. yinziweii – D. yoshidai – D. yunnanensis – D. zhejiangensis

Invalid species names: D. araeocerus – D. klapperichi – D. siberutensis
Name

Dianous Leach, 1819: 173

Type species: Stenus coerulescens Gyllenhal, 1810, fixed by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Leach, W.E. 1819: [new genera]. In: Samouelle G.: The entomologist’s useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British insects comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and the modern method of arranging the classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology: a calendar of the times of appearance, and usual situations of near 3000 species of British insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. London: Thomas Boys, 496 pp. BHL

Additional references

Naomi, S.-I., Nomura, S. & Puthz, V. 2017. The subfamily Steninae Macleay, 1825 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Japan. Part 1. Dianous and Stenus (S. comma group to S. guttalis group).. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs [Tokyo] No. 46: 1–339. PDF Open access Reference page. [diagnosis, taxonomy, key to the Japanese species of Dianous: p. 25]
Puthz, V. 2015. Übersicht über die Arten der Gattung Dianous Leach group I (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 345. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Steninen Linzer biologische Beiträge 47(2): 1747–1783. Full article (PDF) Reference page. [Key to the species of the genus Dianous Leach group I: p. 1763]
Shi, K. & H.-Z. Zhou 2009: A new Dianous species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae) from China, with a key to Chinese species of the coerulescens complex. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 56(2): 289–294. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.200900025
Tang, L.; Li, L.-Z. 2013: Notes on the Chinese species of Dianous group I (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 342: 13–19. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.342.5842 Reference page.
Tang, L.; Li, L.-Z.; Cao, G.-H. 2011: On Chinese species of Dianous group I (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae). ZooKeys, 111: 67–85. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.111.1431
Tang, L. & Wang, W. 2018. Notes on the Dianous luteoguttatus complex with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58(1): 237–242. DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2018-0020 Reference page. [key to the Dianous luteoguttatus complex: p. 242]

Dianous is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae.[1]

The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.[1]

Species:

Dianous acuminifer Puthz, 1984[1]

References

"Dianous Leach, 1819". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 21 February 2021.