Species Eurhopalus yorkensis (Blackburn, 1891)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trogoderma yorkense 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] [127].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH Numbers not provided ("T 3679" on mounting card), Yorke (as Yorke's) Peninsula, SA [Lat/Long not provided].

Generic Combinations

• Eurhopalus yorkensis (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

Introduction

Ślipiński et al. (2023) speculates that Blackburn (1981) only had a single specimen while preparing his description of this species, and suggested that the specimen was a male bearing 4-segmented club. However, all examined types, except one, were female, and the only male they examined was missing both antennae, leaving them unable to place it with the available key.

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

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