Species Eurhopalus morio (Erichson, 1842)

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Regional Maps

• Metatoma morio Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [152].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB, Woolnorth, TAS (as Van Diemen's Land).

  Type locality references:

  Hayek, C.M.F. von 1973. A reclassification of the subfamily Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 20: 1-309 [Date published Oct. 18, 1973] [165].
• Trogoderma maurulum Blackburn, T. 1903. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXXII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 27: 91-182.

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH Numbers not provided ("Nels. V. T. 7236" on mounting card), Glenelg River district, Nelson, VIC.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA 25-42200, same data as Lectotype.

  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.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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

 

Generic Combinations

• Eurhopalus morio (Erichson, 1842). —
  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

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Larvae: scavenger.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Nov-2024	DERMESTIDAE	12-Nov-2024	MOVED
23-Aug-2024	DERMESTIDAE	17-Jun-2024	MODIFIED
26-Jun-2023	DERMESTIDAE	19-May-2023	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020		03-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020		11-Feb-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)