Phradonoma nobile (Reitter, 1881)

Háva, Jiří & Horák, Jan, 2017, Contribution To The Knowledge Of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) From Australia - Part 4. New Faunistics Records From Western Australia, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 17 (1), pp. 1-3 : 2

Phradonoma nobile (Reitter, 1881)

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Material examined: Western Australia, Cape Leveque , 200 km NNE of Broome, 10 km NE Lombardina, 20.i.2012, J. Horák leg., 2 ♀♀, J. Háva det., (1 JHAC, 1 JHOC) .

Distribution. Species known from Cyprus; England (intr.); Germany (intr.); Greece; Portugal; Spain; Algeria; Egypt; Eritrea; Libya; Morocco; Nigeria; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; Tunisia; Zimbabwe; Afghanistan; India: Madhya Pradesh, Rajastan, Uttar Pradesh; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordania; Oman; Pakistan; Qatar; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Syria; Tadzhikistan; Turkmenistan; UnitedArab Emirates; Uzbekistan; U.S.A.: Arizona (intr.) ( Háva 2015), new introduced species for Australia: West Australia. Remarks. The two female specimens were collected during the day on flowers. They were found in Western Australia, on the Dampier Peninsula in its northern part of the Aboriginal Territory (with approval) in the thin, semi-erect Eucalyptus forest. The forest was interesting because under the trees there was a rather rich herbaceous floor and Eucalyptus sp. Was very sporadically here. It is very likely that the species was flooded by their flowers.

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Fig. 1. Habitus of Phradonoma nobile (Reitter, 1881).