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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.3
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10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.3
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Omorgus
(
Afromorgus
)
procerus
(
Harold, 1872
)
(
Figs. 69–70
)
FIGURES 69–70.
Omorgus
(
Afromorgus
)
procerus
(
Harold, 1872
)
, lectotype (MNHN). 69, habitus, dorsal view; 70, labels. Photos by Olivier Montreuil, copyright MNHN.
Trox procerus
Harold, 1872: 127
(original description).
Trox procerus
:
Arrow 1912: 59
(catalogue);
Balthasar 1936: 437
(diagnosis);
Gardner 1946: 31
(notes on larva);
Paulian 1948: 143
(specimens of south-west Arabia);
Van Emden 1948: 145
(biology);
Haaf 1954: 371
(description, diagnosis, illustration);
Roffey 1958: 449
(biology);
Frey & Villiers 1971: 137
(specimens of
Senegal
).
Trox
(
Omorgus
)
procerus
:
Scholtz 1980a: 138
(specimens of
Saudi Arabia
);
Scholtz 1980b: 35
(
lectotype
designation, redescription, illustrations, distribution);
Scholtz 1982: 12
(catalogue).
Afromorgus procerus
:
Pittino 2006: 79
(new combination, catalogue);
Pittino & Bezdĕk 2016: 54
(catalogue);
Král & Batelka 2017: 81
(specimens of
United Arab Emirates
, distribution).
Omorgus
(
Afromorgus
)
procerus
:
Zidek 2013: 15
(checklist);
Coache 2014: 21
(specimens of
Senegal
);
Zidek 2017: 106
(checklist);
Kalawate & Patole 2018
: 11990
(country records).
Type depository.
Lectotype
(female) at
MNHN
(
Figs. 69–70
),
one paralectotype
at
RBINS
.
Type
locality.
“Arabia”.
Distribution:
Omorgus
(
A
.)
procerus
is widespread throughout the arid savanna and desert regions of North Africa, Arabian Peninsula, and semi-arid areas of central Asia. It has been recorded from the following countries: Arabia,
Burkina Faso
,
Chad
,
Egypt
,
Ethiopia
, central
India
,
Iran
,
Mali
,
Niger
,
Nigeria
,
Pakistan
,
Saudi Arabia
,
Senegal
, Somaliland (
Somalia
),
Sudan
,
United Arab Emirates
(
Haaf 1954
;
Scholtz 1980a
,b;
Kalawate & Patole 2018
;
Schoolmeesters 2023
;
Král
et al
. 2023
).