Thorictus grandicollis grandicollis

species
Germar, 1842 [p. 4]
Gallery page (A. Herrmann)
Type deposited in ZMUB
Citations & References (6)
Type / BadgesPage
GERMAR E. F. 1842: Fauna Insectorum Europae. Fasciculus 22. Halae: C. A. Kümmel, 25 pp., 25 pls.
Original Description
p. 4
Uhagon S. (1879). Coleópteros de Badajoz. Segunda Parte. Anales de la Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural 8: 187-216.
Host: Aphaenogaster sp., Camponotus sp., Cataglyphis sp., Lasius sp., Messor sp., Monomorium sp., Pheidole sp., Salamonis sp., Tetramorium sp.
Biology
p. 199
Hetschko A. (1926). Pars 83 - Thorictidae, Catopochrotidae, Monoedidae, Synteliidae, Cossyphodidae. In: Junk W., Schenkling S. (eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin: W. Junk, pp. 15.
Biology
p. 6
Cammaerts R., Cammaerts M.C. (1994). Suprageneric taxonomy, appeasement behavior, sex ratio and other aspects of the biology of the myrmecophilous beetle Thorictus grandicollis (Dermestidae, Thorictinae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belge de Entomologie 130: 203-230.
Biology
p. 219
Zhantiev R.D. (2011). НОВЫЕ И МАЛОИЗУЧЕННЫЕ ВИДЫ ЖУКОВ-КОЖЕЕДОВ РОДА THORICTUS (COLEOPTERA, DERMESTIDAE). Available from: https://www.elibrary.ru/download/elibrary_16455998_93123605.pdf.
Biology
p. 710
Cassar T., Lapeva-Gjonova A., Mifsud D. (2023). The Intranidal Myrmecophiles of the Maltese Islands with Notes on Messor Nests as Repositories of Biodiversity. Insects 14(1): 45.
Biology
p. 27

Literature and Synonymy

  • Sphaerophorus castaneus Waltl, 1835:64 (hn) [NHMW]
  • Xylonotrogus laticollis Motschulsky, 1839:71 (hn) [ZMUM]
  • Thorictus germari Lucas, 1846:234 [MNHN]
  • Thorictus loricatus Peyron, 1857:710 [AUBL]
  • Thorictus gallicus Peyron, 1857:713 [AUBL]
  • Thorictus bicolor Kraatz, 1858:141 [ZMUB]
  • Thorictus ionicus Kiesenwetter: Kraatz, 1858:141 (nn)
  • Thorictus grandicollis var.: Kraatz, 1859:72
  • Thorictus puncticollis: Buysson, 1878:67
  • Thorictes [sic!] loricatus: Paganetti-Hummler, 1899:279
  • Thorictus atticus Rey, 1889:58 [MNHN]
  • Thorictus corsicus Rey, 1889:58 [MNHN]
  • Thorictus rufithorax Rey, 1889:58 [MNHN]
  • Thorictus grandicollis v. corcicus [sic!]: Pic, 1895b:116
  • Thorictus grandicollis var. loricatoides Wasmann, 1896:243 [NHME]
  • Thorictus grandicollis var. creticus Obenberger, 1917b:77 [NMPC]
  • Thorictus grandicollis var. gallicus: Hetschko & Wasmann, 1925:186
  • Thorictus grandicollis var. creticus: Hetschko & Wasmann, 1925:186
  • Thorictus pusillus John, 1965e:352 [MNMS]
  • Thorictus sicilianus John, 1965e:354 [OXUM]
  • Thorictus sicilianus John, 1966:19 (hn)
  • Thorictus sicilianus: Kocher, 1969a:5
  • Thorictus grandicollis: Kocher, 1969a:5
  • Thorictus hauseri John, 1971:145 [ZMUB]
  • Thorictus parnassus John, 1971:148 [ZMUB]
  • Thorictus grandicollis: Cammaerts & Cammaerts, 1994:219
  • Thorictus loricatus: Finkel et al. 2002:139
  • Thorictus sicilianus: Háva, 2013i:28
  • Thorictus grandicollis: Háva, 2018d:10
  • Thorictus grandicollis: Háva & Herrmann, 2020:18
  • Thorictus grandicollis: Cassar et al., 2023:14
Biology
Host: Aphaenogaster sp., Camponotus sp., Cataglyphis sp., Lasius sp., Messor sp., Monomorium sp., Pheidole sp., Salamonis sp., Tetramorium sp. : Uhagon, 1879:199

Distribution

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General Information

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