Diamesus osculans

Diamesus osculans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Genus:	Diamesus
Species:	D. osculans
Binomial name
Diamesus osculans (Vigors, 1825)
Synonyms
Diamesus diffusus Portevin, 1926 Diamesus reductus Pic, 1917 Necrodes bifasciatus Dejean, 1833 Necrodes osculans Vigors, 1825

Diamesus osculans, is a species of carrion beetle found in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, Laos,[1] China, Australia.[2][3][4][5]

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]

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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. 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.