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Cryptorhopalum orbiculosum

species
Reitter, 1881 [p. 48]
Gallery page (A. Herrmann)
Type deposited in ?
Citations & References (4)
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Reitter E. (1881). Die aussereuropäischen Dermestiden meiner Sammlung. Verhandlungen Naturforschenden Vereines Brünn 19: 27-60.
Original Description
p. 48
Sharp D.S. (1902). Dermestidae. In: Godman F., Salvin O. (eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. II. Part. 1. London: Dulau, pp. 642-669.
as Cryptorhopalum posticatum
p. 653
Dalla Torre K.W. (1911). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 33: Nosodendridae, Byrrhidae, Dermestidae. Berlin: W. Junk (Coleopterorum Catalogus), 96 pp.
as Cryptorhopalum orbiculum Dalla
p. 75
Háva J. (2007). Contribution to the species of Cryptorhopalum (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) described by David Sharp from the Neotropical region - Part 1. Entomological Problems 37: 83-86.
as Cryptorhopalum orbiculosum
p. 85

Distribution

America (South & Central)

  • Antilles Isl. (St. Lucia)
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Colombia
  • French Guiana
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Tobago
  • Venezuela

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Cryptorhopalum orbiculosum)

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