Megatoma angularis

species nomen dubium
(Mannerheim, 1853) [p. 216]
Gallery page (A. Herrmann)
Citations & References (5)
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Mannerheim C.G. (1853). Dritter Nachtrag zur Kaefer-Fauna der Nord-Amerikanischen Laender des Russischen Reiches. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 26: 95-273.
as Attagenus angularis
Original Description
p. 216
Jayne H.F. (1882). Revision of the Dermestidae of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20: 343-377.
as Perimegatoma cylindrica var. angularis
p. 259
Casey T.L. (1900). Review of the American Corylophidae, Cryptophagidae, Tritomidae and Dermestidae with other studies. Journal New York Entomological Society 8: 51-172.
as Perimegatoma angularis
p. 151
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.
as Megatoma angularis
p. 303
Beal R.S. (2003). Annotated Checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with Revised Key to the Genera. The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(4): 391-404.
as Megatoma angularis —
"M. angularis Mannerheim, 1853, was reduced to M. cylindrica var. angularis by Jayne (1882). Whether it is conspecific is open to question. It is best to consider it a nomen dubium"
Nomenclatural Act
p. 398

Distribution

North America

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Megatoma angularis)

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