Species Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius, 1781)
- Opatrum laevigatum Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg et Kilonii : C. E. Bonn Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp. [Date published March 1781: Evenhuis 1997] [90].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH Banks, New Zealand. - Microphyes rufipes Macleay, W.J. 1872. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Second paper. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2(4): 239-318 [286].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS), Gayndah, Qld; AM K34639, Gayndah [25° 38' S 151° 37' E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Carter, H.C. 1914. Notes on Tenebrionidae in the South Australian Museum, collected by Mr. A. M. Lea, 1911-1912, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 38: 219-238 [221] (M. rufipes Macleay)
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
A cosmopolitan species.
General References
Gebien, H. 1942. [1938-1942] Katalog der Tenebrioniden. Teil II. Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 28(1938), 370-465; 29(1939), 466-529; 30(1940), 530-625; 31(1941), 626-705; 32(1942), 706-744. [586] (9 extralimital synonyms)
History of changes
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