Divales bipustulatus

Divales bipustulatus
Divales bipustulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Cleroidea
Family:	Melyridae
Genus:	Divales
Species:	D. bipustulatus
Binomial name
Divales bipustulatus (Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
Hispa bipustulata Fabricius, 1781

Divales bipustulatus is a species of beetles belonging to the family Melyridae.

Description

Divales bipustulatus can reach a length of 5–5.5 millimetres (0.20–0.22 in). Elytra show two humeral red patches. Body is glossy, deep black, covered with fine erect hairs. Antennae and legs are black.

Distribution

This species is present in France, Italy, Switzerland, Greece and North Africa.

Subspecies

• Divales bipustulatus bimaculatus (Rossi, 1792)
• Divales bipustulatus bipustulatus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Divales bipustulatus erithromelas (Küster, 1852)
• Divales bipustulatus nigromaculatus (Lucas, 1849)
• Divales bipustulatus quadrimaculatus (Baudi, 1873)
• Divales bipustulatus variegatus (Lucas, 1849)

References

• Biolib
• Fauna Europaea Archived 2017-05-09 at the Wayback Machine