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Thaumaglossa purpurea

species
(Pic, 1915) [p. 3]
Gallery page (A. Herrmann)
Citations & References (5)
Type / Badges
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Pic M. (1915). Nouvelles especes de diverses familles. Mélanges Exotico-Entomologiques 15: 2-24.
as Aethriostoma purpurea
Original Description
p. 3
Mroczkowski M. (1968). Distribution of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) of the world with a catalogue of all known species. Annales Zoologici 26(3): 15-191.
as Attagenus purpureus
p. 90
Háva J. (2003). World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Brandýs nad Labem (Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ v Brandýse nad Labem a Staré Boleslavi, Supplementum), pp. 1-196.
as Attagenus (Aethriostoma) purpureus
p. 55
Háva J. (2006). Redescription of Thaumaglossa purpurea (Pic), new combination, from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatomini). In: Genus. , pp. 201-204.
as Thaumaglossa purpurea
p. 202
Háva J. (2023). The genus Thaumaglossa Redtenbacher, 1867 (Coleoptera, Dermestidae: Megatominae) in Madagascar. Euroasian Entomological Journal 22(1): 16-19.
as Thaumaglossa purpurea
p. 17

Distribution

Africa

  • Madagascar

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Thaumaglossa purpurea)

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