Species Eurhopalus chalceous (Armstrong, 1943)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthrenocerus chalceous Armstrong, J.W.T. 1943. On Australian Dermestidae. Part III. The genera Anthrenocerus Arrow and Orphinus Motsch.; also a note on the on the genus Cryptorhopalum Guér. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 68(1-2): 57-63 [59].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC unsexed, Galston, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Roach, A.M.E. 2000. Review of the Australian species of the dermestid genus Anthrenocerus Arrow (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(2): 175-224 [194].
• Anthrenocerus chalceus Roach, A.M.E. 2000. Review of the Australian species of the dermestid genus Anthrenocerus Arrow (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(2): 175-224 [194] [incorrect subsequent spelling].

Generic Combinations

• Eurhopalus chalceous (Armstrong, 1943). —
  Zhou, Y-L., Nicholls, J.A., Liu, Z-H., Hartley, D., Szito, A., Ślipiński, A. & Zwick, A. 2022. Molecular phylogeny of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) reveals the polyphyletic nature of Trogoderma Latreille and the taxonomic placement of the Khapra Beetle Trogoderma granarium Everts. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(6): 1–24

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore (associated flora: Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell [MYRTACEAE] Dwarf Apple), scavenger, terrestrial, volant.

History of changes