Diamesus osculans

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Diamesus osculans
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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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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. ^ a b 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.


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