Species Eurhopalus niger (Armstrong, 1943)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthrenocerus niger 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 [58].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Bogan River [Callubri H.S.], NSW.

  Type locality references:

  Armstrong, J.W.T. 1953. A definition of the place label "Bogan R., N.S. Wales, J. Armstrong". Australian Entomologist Supplement 1: i-iv [iv].
• Trogoderma armstrongi Háva, J. 2004. Nomenclatorial notes on Dermestidae and descriptions of new species (Coleoptera). Anima X 7: 1-12 [2] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Anthrenocerus niger Armstrong, 1943].

Generic Combinations

• Eurhopalus niger (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: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Larvae: scavenger.

History of changes