Species Eurhopalus laevipennis (Armstrong, 1942) (Incertae sedis)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trogoderma laevipenne 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 [324].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA unsexed, Mount Tamborine (as Tambourine), QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Eurhopalus laevipennis (Armstrong, 1942). —
  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

Ślipiński et al. (2023) consider Eurhopalus laevipennis to be incertae sedis as the holotype male of the species, deposited at the South Australian Museum is missing, and they have been unable to find any specimens that can match the original description.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Larvae: scavenger.

General 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

History of changes