Species Eurhopalus vespulae (Milliron, 1939)

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• Perimegatoma vespulae Milliron, H.E. 1939. A parthenogenetic new species of the genus Perimegatoma Horn (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 32: 570-574 [570].

  Type data:

   Holotype EFWM ♀, St Paul, Minnesota, USA.

Generic Combinations

• Eurhopalus vespulae (Milliron, 1939). —
  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
• Reesa vespulae (Milliron, 1939). —
  Beal, R.S. 1967. A revisionary study of the North American dermestid beetles formerly included in the genus Perimegatoma (Coleoptera). Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America 5: 281-312

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parthenogenetic, scavenger, synanthropic, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Peacock, E.R. 1993. Adults and Larvae of Hide, Larder and Carpet Beetles and their Relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and of Derodontid Beetles (Coleoptera: Derodontidae). London : Royal Entomological Society of London 144 pp. [57] (biology, distribution, larval description, keys)

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