Species Eurhopalus whitei (Armstrong, 1942)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trogoderma whitei Armstrong, J.W.T. 1942. On Australian Dermestidae. Part II. The genus Trogoderma Berthold. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 67(5-6): 321-330 [329].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA 25-42141, Flat Rock Hole, Musgrave Ranges, SA [Lat/Long not provided].

Generic Combinations

• Eurhopalus whitei (Armstrong, 1942). —
  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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Nullarbor (NUL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Larvae: scavenger.

General 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

History of changes