Omorgus (Omorgus) khandesh (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae), a new species from India, along with an annotated catalogue of the Oriental and Palearctic species of the subgenus Omorgus Erichson, 1847
Author
Strümpher, Werner P.
Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Author
Kalawate, Aparna S.
0000-0001-6595-6749
Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidhya Nagar, Sector- 29, P. C. N. T. (PO), Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra 411044, India. aparna _ ent @ yahoo. co. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6595 - 6749
aparna_ent@yahoo.co.in
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Omorgus
(
Omorgus
)
subcarinatus
(
Macleay, 1864
)
(
Figs 38–39
)
Trox subcarinatus
Macleay, 1864: 128
(original description).
Trox subcarinatus
:
Harold (1872)
:94
(redescription);
Blackburn (1904)
: 283
(notes about fauna of
Australia
);
Arrow (1912)
: 62
(catalogue);
Haaf (1954b)
: 739
(catalogue of
Australia
);
Scholtz (1982)
: 17
(catalogue, as incertae sedis);
Scholtz (1986a)
: 51
(redescription and
lectotype
designation, distribution, illustrations, key).
Omorgus
(
Omorgus
)
subcarinatus
:
Zidek (2013)
: 17
, 20 (checklist);
Zidek (2017)
: 108
, 112 (checklist).
Omorgus subcarinatus
:
Pittino (2006)
: 79
(catalogue);
Pittino & Bezdĕk (2016)
: 54
(catalogue).
Synonym.
Trox fenestratus
Harold, 1872: 97
(original description). Synonymised by
Haaf (1958)
: 1079.
Type
locality: “Nordaustralien: Cap York, Port Denison [=
Queensland
,
Australia
]”.
Type
depository. Reportedly deposited in the MNHN according to
Haaf (1954b)
: 711. Additional references:
Blackburn (1904)
: 290 (notes on fauna of
Australia
);
Haaf (1954b)
: 711 (redescription and illustration).
Type
locality: “
Port Denison
[
Bowen
,
Queensland
,
Australia
]”
.
Type depository.
Lectotype
at
ANIC
, designated by
Scholtz (1986b)
: 51.
Distribution:
Spain
(
Bercedo Páramo 1997
) [Introduced].
Comment
:
Omorgus
(
O
.)
subcarinatus
, native to
Australia
, has now been recorded from Palaearctic region (
Bercedo Páramo 1997
).