Synonyms (3)
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Citations & References (12)
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Horn G.H. (1875). Synonymical Notes and Description of New Species of North American Coleoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 5: 126-156.
as Perimegatoma variegatum
Original Description
p. 135
Casey T.L. (1900). Review of the American Corylophidae, Cryptophagidae, Tritomidae and Dermestidae with other studies. Journal New York Entomological Society 8: 51-172.
= Perimegatoma guadalupensis
Synonym Description
p. 150
= Perimegatoma jaynei
Synonym Description
p. 150
= Perimegatoma nevadica
Synonym Description
p. 150
Dalla Torre K.W. (1911). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 33: Nosodendridae, Byrrhidae, Dermestidae. Berlin: W. Junk (Coleopterorum Catalogus), 96 pp.
as Perimegatoma guadelupensis [sic!]
p. 62
Hopping R. (1932). A taxonomic note. The Canadian Entomologist 64(8): 173.
as Perimegatoma variegata
Taxonomic Note
p. 173
= Perimegatoma nevadica
Taxonomic Note
p. 173
Hinton H.E. (1945). A Monograph of the Beetles Associated with Stored Products. London: Order of the Trustees of the British Museum (No. 1), viii+443 pp.
as Megatoma variegata
p. 366
Hatch M.H. (1962). The beetles of the Pacific Northwest. Part III: Pselaphidae and Diversicornia I. Seattle: University of Washington (University of Washington Publications in Biology, 16), pp. 1-503.
as Megatoma variegata ab. nevadica
p. 286
Beal R.S. (1967). A Revisionary Study of the North American Dermestid Beetles Formerly Included in the Genus Perimegatoma (Coleoptera). Miscellaneous Publications of Entomologica Americana, College Park, Maryland 5: 281-312.
Immature / Larva
p. 301
Noya D.R., Velez R.M. (1998). Nuevo Registro para Mexico de Trogoderma ornatum (Say) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) Asociado Noc Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Acta Zoologica Mexicana 75: 195-197.
as Dermegatona [sic!] variegata
p. 196
Beal R.S. (2003). Annotated Checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with Revised Key to the Genera. The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(4): 391-404.
as Megatoma (Perimegatoma) variegata
p. 399
Biology
Larva: Beal, 1967:301

Distribution

North America

  • Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan)
  • Mexico (Guadalupe Is.)
  • U.S.A. (California, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington)

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Megatoma variegata)

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