Species Opetiopalpus scutellaris (Panzer, 1797)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Clerus scutellaris Panzer, G.W.F. 1797. Faunae insectorum germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten. Vols 37-48 Nürnberg. [nr. 19].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Germany.

 

Generic Combinations

• Opetiopalpus scutellaris (Panzer, 1797). —
  Spinola, M. 1844. Essai monographique sur les Clérites, insectes Coléoptères. (Gênes: Ponthenier). 2 vols. 47 pls.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Africa, central and southern Europe, western Asia.

Introduced.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Associated with old timber (Gerstmeier 1998) and bird nests (Hicks 1959).

 

General References

Bartlett, J.S & Szito, A. 2013. Opetiopalpus scutellaris Panzer (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Korynetinae) established in the western Australian wheatbelt. Australian Entomologist 40(2): 65-66

Gerstmeier, R. 1998. Checkered Beetles. Illustrated key to the Cleridae of Western Palaearctic. Weikersheim : Margraf Verlag.

Hicks, E.A. 1959. Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in birds' nests. Iowa State College Press, Ames.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-May-2018	CLERIDAE	05-Jul-2017	MODIFIED	Mr Justin Bartlett
		31-Jul-2013	ADDED