''Diamella'' is a
genus
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of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
in the family
Carabidae
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fami ...
. It was originally described by
Arnošt Jedlička in 1952 as ''Dianella.'' Hongliang Shi, Hongzhang Zhou, and Hongbin Liang proposed ''Diamella'' as a replacement name in 2013, since Jedlička's ''Dianella'' was a junior
homonym
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of the
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
genus
''Dianella'', described by
Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude
Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude (1858 Amsterdam – 8 November 1924) Woodward B. B. (1925). " GERARD PIERRE LAURENT KALSHOVEN GUDE, F.Z.S., ETC. 1858–1924". ''Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London'' 16(5): 205-206. was a malaco ...
in 1913.
Originally monotypic, ''Diamella'' now contains five species in total:
* ''
Diamella arrowi
''Diamella arrowi'' is a species of ground beetle in the Lebiinae subfamily that is endemic to the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links= ...
''
Jedlicka, 1952
* ''
Diamella barsevskisi''
Anichtchenko, 2016
* ''
Diamella cupreomicans''
Oberthür, 1883
* ''
Diamella kaszabi''
Jedlicka, 1952
* ''
Diamella singularis''
Anichtchenko, 2017
References
Lebiinae
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