Species Eurhopalus ocellifer (Blackburn, 1891)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthrenus ocellifer 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] [132].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH (on flowers), SA; exact locality unknown.

Generic Combinations

• Neoanthrenus ocellifer (Blackburn, 1891). —
  Armstrong, J.W.T. 1941. On Australian Dermestidae. Part I. Descriptions of a new genus and two new species; also a note on the genus Anthrenus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66(5-6): 388-390 [389]
• Eurhopalus ocellifer (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

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Hampton (HAM), Nullarbor (NUL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: scavenger, terrestrial, volant.

History of changes