Diaperis

Diaperis
Diaperis boleti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Tribe:	Diaperini
Genus:	Diaperis Geoffroy, 1762
Type species
Chrysomela boleti Linnaeus, 1758

Diaperis is a genus of darkling beetle with species known from Asia, Europe, and the Americas.[1] Some species were formerly placed in the genus Allophasia.[2] A species described in this genus is now Serrania viridula (Zayas, 1989).[3]

Species in the genus include:[4]

• Diaperis bifida Triplehorn and Brendell
• Diaperis boleti (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Diaperis boleti bipustulata Laporte & Brullé, 1831
• Diaperis californica Blaisdell, 1929
• Diaperis coccinea Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
• Diaperis fryi (Pascoe)
• Diaperis lewisi Bates
  • Diaperis lewisi intersecta Gebien, 1913
• Diaperis maculata Olivier 1791
• Diaperis marseuli (Bates)
• Diaperis nigronotata Pic 1926
• Diaperis rufipes Horn, 1870

References

1. Laporte [=Castelnau], F. L. N. C. d.; Brullé, A. (1831). "Monographie du genre Diaperis". Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 23: 325–410.
2. Triplehorn, Charles A.; Brendell, Martin J. D. (1985). "A New Diaperis from Brazil, with Notes on Other Species and Generic Relationships (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Diaperinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 39 (1): 11–15. ISSN 0010-065X.
3. Garrido, O.H. (2003). "Diaperis viridula (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Diaperini) es un táxon válido que representa un género nuevo para Cuba" (PDF). Solenodon. 3: 49–52.
4. Triplehorn, Charles A. (1965). "Revision of Diaperini of America north of Mexico with notes on extralimital species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 117 (3515): 349–457.