Species Palorus ratzeburgi (Wissmann, 1848)
- Hypophloeus ratzeburgi Wissmann [no initial]. 1848. Entomologische Notizen. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 9: 76-80 [77].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Europe. - Hypophloeus ambiguus Wollaston, T.V. 1857. Catalogue of the coleopterous insects of Madeira in the collection of the British Museum. London, British Museum. xvi + 234 pp., 1 pl. [152].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Madeira. - Palorus floricola Marseul, S.-A. de 1876. Coléoptères du Japon recueillis par M. Georges Lewis. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 6: 93-142, 315-340 [112].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Japan. - Palorus galilea Sahlberg, J. 1913. Coleoptera mediterranea et rosso-asiatica nova et minus cognita. Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar 55: 1-88 [55].
Type data:
Lectotype HNHM, Israel.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Champion, G.C. 1896. Some remarks on the insects belonging to the genus Palorus Muls., with a description of one new species. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 32: 26-30 [28] (H. ambiguus Wollaston, P. floricola Marseul)
- Halstead, D.G.H. 1967. A revision of the genus Palorus (sens. lat.) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 19: 61-148 [96] (P. galilea Sahlberg,)
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
A cosmopolitan species, probably from north Africa originally.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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