Species Eurhopalus variabilis (Reitter, 1881)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cryptorhopalum variabile Reitter, E. 1881. Die aussereuropäischen Dermestiden meiner Sammlung. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 19: 27-60 [55].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, SA (as Südaustralien); exact locality unknown.

Generic Combinations

• Eurhopalus variabilis (Reitter, 1881). —
  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
• Athrenocerus variabilis (Reitter, 1881). —
  Arrow, G.J. 1915. Notes on the coleopterous family Dermestidae and descriptions of some new forms in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 15: 425-451

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: scavenger, terrestrial, volant.

History of changes