Species Eurhopalus alpicola (Blackburn, 1891)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trogoderma alpicola Blackburn, T. 1891. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 65-153 [Date published July 1891] [124].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH Numbers not provided ("T 3675 AT" on mounting card), Alpine district, VIC [Lat/Long not provided].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ślipiński, A., Szitó, A. & Zhou, Y-L. 2023. Revision of the Australian species previously known as Trogoderma Dejean (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 73(4): 797–941.
• Trogoderma alpicorum Armstrong, J.W.T. 1942. On Australian Dermestidae. Part II. The genus Trogoderma Berthold. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 67(5-6): 321-330 [330] [incorrect subsequent spelling].

Generic Combinations

• Eurhopalus alpicola (Blackburn, 1891). —
  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

Introduction

The validity of Eurhopalus alpicola is uncertain as the lectotype designated by Ślipiński et al. (2023) is the only known specimen of this species.

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Larvae: scavenger.

History of changes