An illustrated catalogue of South American species of Omorgus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera, Trogidae, Omorginae) including a neotype designation and taxonomical changes
Author
da Costa-Silva, Vinícius
0000-0002-4556-3793
Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa & Laboratório de Scarabaeoidologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Author
Strümpher, Werner P.
0000-0002-7047-2666
Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Author
Barclay, Maxwell V. L.
0000-0003-4989-2014
Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
Author
Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z.
0000-0001-9697-320X
Laboratório de Scarabaeoidologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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Contributions to Entomology
2024
2024-07-29
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1
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journal article
10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e126799
339AB68C-DCB1-435F-B88E-2C42D0A7B05E
Omorgus
(
Omorgus
)
loxus
(
Vaurie, 1955
)
Trox loxus
Vaurie, 1955: 58
(original description);
Vaurie 1962: 147
(redescription);
Ratcliffe 1978: 301
(new distribution records).
Trox
(
Omorgus
)
loxus
:
Scholtz 1982: 11
(catalogue).
Omorgus
(
Omorgus
)
loxus
:
Scholtz 1986 a
: 361
(phylogenetics);
Scholtz 1990: 1416
(redescription),
Moragues 2010: 77
(checklist – as “
lauxus
”);
Zidek 2013: 12
(checklist);
Zidek 2017: 103
(checklist);
Hielkema and Hielkema 2019: 11
(checklist of the Guianas);
Costa-Silva et al. 2021: 1999
(review of Brazilian species).
Omorgus loxus
:
Deloya 2000: 67
(checklist);
Diéguez and Gómez 2004: 94
(checklist);
Deloya 2005: 122
(checklist);
Gómez 2008: 515
(key for Argentinean species).
Type specimen examined.
Holotype
, by original designation
(
♀
MCZH
). See
Costa-Silva et al. (2021: 1999)
for high-quality images of the type specimen.
Type locality
: “ El Palmar, 16 k. W. of Tetzonapa ” [
Mexico
].
Geographic distribution.
Argentina
,
Brazil
,
Colombia
,
Costa Rica
, French Guiana,
Mexico
,
Panama
, and
Paraguay
(
Vaurie 1955
;
Ratcliffe 1978
;
Scholtz 1990
;
Costa-Silva et al. 2021
).
Non-type examined material
(
three specimens
additionally to
Costa-Silva et al. 2021
).
ARGENTINA
–
La Rioja
•
1 ♀
;
Patquia
; 1933;
K. J. Hayward
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♀
;
Santiago del Estero
,
Bords du
Rio Salado
,
D’Icano
,
Mistol
paso; 1909;
E. R. Wagner
leg.;
MNHN
.
BRAZIL
• 1; Matto Grosso (sic!); 1886; P. Germain leg.;
MNHN
.