Table 2 Seasonality of Diamesus Hope, 1840.

From: Integrative taxonomy and species distribution models of the genus Diamesus Hope, 1840 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Silphinae)

Species/month

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

Total

D. bimaculatus

2

0

6

15

5

3

48

19

15

2

0

0

115

D. osculans

14 (2)

11 (2)

85 (1)

42 (0)

5 (0)

8 (0)

18 (3)

47 (0)

37 (0)

54 (4)

20 (0)

24 (3)

365 (15)

  1. Data for D. bimaculatus Portevin, 1914 represent all records from Taiwan with a full date. Data for D. osculans (Vigors, 1825) are data from Bishop Museum Field Station, Wau, Papua New Guinea, taken from voucher specimens deposited in BPBM. Number of specimens (unsexed), number in brackets indicates the proportion of teneral specimens (only available for D. osculans).
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