Species Eurhopalus frontalis (Armstrong, 1945)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Myrmeanthrenus frontalis Armstrong, J.W.T. 1945. On Australian Dermestidae. Part IV. Notes and the description of a new genus and four new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 70(1-2): 47-52 [49].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC (in ant's nest under stones), Tallangatta, VIC.

Generic Combinations

• Eurhopalus frontalis (Armstrong, 1945). —
  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

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: inquiline, myrmecophilous, terrestrial, volant.

Larvae: scavenger.

History of changes