Citations & References (10)
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Jayne H.F. (1882). Revision of the Dermestidae of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20: 343-377.
as Attagenus varicolor
Original Description
p. 345
STURM J. 1843: Catalog der Kaefer - Sammlung voin Jacob Sturm. Nürnberg: J. Sturm, xii + 386 pp., 6 pls.
as Trogoderma varicolor
p. 94
CROTCH G. R. 1873: Check-list of the Coleoptera of America, North Mexico. Salem, Massetchutsets, 136 pp.
as Attagenus varicolor
p. 41
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 Novelsis (Paranovelsis) varicolor
p. 149
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 Novelsis (Paranovelsis) varicolor
p. 98
Beal R.S. (1970). A taxonomic and biological study of species of Attagenini (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) in the United States and Canada. Entomologica Americana 45: 141-235 (Publisher: [Lawrence, Kan., etc.], New York Entomological Society [etc.],).
as Novelsis varicolor
Immature / Larva
p. 205
Kiselyova T., McHugh J.V. (2006). A phylogenetic study of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) based on larval morphology. Systematic Entomology 31(3): 469-507.
Immature / Larva
p. 473
Hagstrum D.W., Subramanyam B. (2009). Stored-product Insect Resource. St. Paul: AACC International, pp. i-viii + 509.
as Novelsis varicolor
p. 131
Zahradník P., Háva J. (2014). Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia). Zootaxa 3754(4).
as Paranovelsis varicolor
Combination
p. 306
Háva J. (2025). Trogoderma meccae sp. nov., a new species from California, U.S.A. (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae: Trogodermina). Folia Heyrovskyana, series A 33(2): 21-24.
as Lanorus varicolor —
"Visually the new species [Trogoderma meccae] is similar to Lanorus varicolor (Jane, 1882) (subfamily Attageninae) but differs from it by the structure of the antennae"
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p. 23
Biology
Larva: Kiselyova & McHugh, 2006:473 ;Beal, 1970:205

Distribution

North America

  • Mexico (Sonora)
  • U.S.A. (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Texas, West Virginea)

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Lanorus varicolor)

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