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Macroprion

genus synonym
Hope, 1840 [p. 68]
Synonym of Trogoderma (genus)
Citations & References (2)
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Hope F.W. (1840). The Coleopterist's Manual, part the third, containing various families, genera, and species, of beetles, recorded by Linnaeus and Fabricius. Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpubl. Insects. London, 6 + 191 pp.
as Macroprion
Original Description
p. 68
Lacordaire J.T. (1854). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou Exposé Méthodique et Critique de Tous Les Genres Proposés Jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'Insectes. Tome deuxième: contenant les familles des Paussides, Staphyliniens, Psélaphiens, Scydménides, Silphales, Sphériens, Trichoptérigiens, Scaphidiles, Histériens, Phalacrides, Nitidulaires, Trogositaires, Colydiens, Rhysodides, Cucujipes, Cryptophagides, Lathridiens, Mycétophagides, Thorictides, Dermestins, Byrrhiens, Géoryssins, Parnides, Hétérocérides. Paris: Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret (Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, 2), 548 pp.
as Trogoderma —
Listed under Trogoderma (as group inside?)
Taxonomic Note
p. 467-468

Type species

  • Anthrenus serraticornis Fabricius, 1792:265

Taxon details

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