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 1 21 63 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.3 1175-5326 10959360 DC87F27D-C28A-4904-805F-FBE91DDC10DA Omorgus ( Afromorgus ) indicus ( Harold, 1872 ) ( Figs. 33–36 ) Trox indicus Harold, 1872: 102 (original description). Trox indicus : Arrow 1912: 57 (catalogue); Haaf 1954: 380 (description, diagnosis, illustration). Omorgus ( Afromorgus ) indicus : Zidek 2013: 11 (checklist); Zidek 2017: 102 (checklist); Kalawate & Patole 2018 : 11990 (country records). Type depository. Lectotype (male), here designated , deposited at MNHN ( Figs. 33–36 ). Two paralectotypes at MNHN and RBINS . Type locality. “ Nilgherien [= Nilgiris present-day Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu , India ]” . Distribution. Cochinchina [probably present-day Vietnam ]; India , Thailand ( Harold 1872 ; Schoolmeesters 2023 ). Comments. Harold (1872) described this species based on specimens from “Nilgherien” and “Calcutta [= Kolkata, West Bengal ]”. It is unclear how many specimens comprised the type series, but we located two syntypes in MNHN. One of the MNHN specimens bears a locality label reading “Nilgherien”, and the other a locality label reading “Calcutta”. We selected the specimen originating from “Nilgherien” as the lectotype to keep a single name-bearing individual. The syntype from “Calcutta” now becomes a paralectotype . A third syntype was discovered at RBINS. It carries a locality label reading “ India Or.” and a label stating “Type” (photographs available at https:// virtualcollections.naturalsciences.be/virtual-collections/entomology/coleoptera/trogidae/trox-indicus-harold- 1872). We consider this specimen to be a paralectotype . The three syntype specimens each bear a new type label: “ LECTOTYPE [or PARALECTOTYPE ]: Trox indicus Harold, 1872 | des. Kalawate & Strümpher 2023 ” (printed on red cardstock) ( Fig.36 ).