Catalogue of species of the subgenus Afromorgus Scholtz, 1986 (Coleoptera: Trogidae: Omorginae) known from the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions, including a description of one new species from the Deccan Plateau in India
Author
Kalawate, Aparna S.
Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidhya Nagar, Sector- 29, P. C. N. T. (PO), Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra 411044, India
Author
Strümpher, Werner P.
Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-04-11
5437
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.3
1175-5326
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Omorgus
(
Afromorgus
)
guttalis
(
Haaf, 1954
)
(
Figs. 26–28
)
Trox guttalis
Haaf, 1954: 336
(original description).
Trox guttalis
:
Brivio 1959: 378
(specimens of
Portuguese Guinea
[now
Guinea-Bissau
]).
Trox
(
Omorgus
)
guttalis
:
Scholtz 1980b: 41
(redescription, illustrations, key, distribution);
Scholtz 1982: 11
(catalogue).
Afromorgus guttalis
:
Pittino 2006: 79
(new combination, catalogue);
Pittino & Bezdĕk 2016: 54
(catalogue).
Omorgus
(
Afromorgus
)
guttalis
:
Zidek 2013: 11
(checklist);
Coache 2014: 20
(specimens of
Senegal
);
Zidek 2017: 101
(checklist).
FIGURES 26–28.
Omorgus
(
Afromorgus
)
guttalis
(
Haaf, 1954
)
, cleaned specimen (TMSA). 26, habitus, dorsal view; 27, aedeagus, dorsal view; 28, labels. Photos by Christoph Germann, copyright NHMB.
Type depository.
Holotype
(male) (
Figs. 26–28
), and
three paratypes
at
NHMB
. An additional
three paratypes
were located at
MNHN
. In the original description
Haaf (1954)
mentioned
eight paratypes
, but our attempts to locate the remaining
two paratypes
at other museums were unsuccessful.
Type
locality.
“Franz.
Guinea
[
French Guinea (now Guinea)
,
West Africa
]”
.
Distribution.
Egypt
,
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Guinea-Bissau
,
Mali
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
(
Haaf 1954
;
Scholtz 1980b
;
Pittino 2006
).