Omorgus (Omorgus) rimulosus ( Haaf, 1957 ), 2023

Strümpher, Werner P. & Kalawate, Aparna S., 2023, 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, Zootaxa 5231 (5), pp. 501-522 : 514-517

Omorgus (Omorgus) rimulosus ( Haaf, 1957)

( Figs 7–9 , 14–1 )

Trox rimulosus Haaf, 1957: 693 (original distribution).

Trox (Omorgus) rimulosus: Scholtz (1982) : 13 (catalogue).

Omorgus (Afromorgus) rimulosus: Zidek (2013) : 16, 21 (checklist); Zidek (2017): 107, 113 (checklist); Kalawate & Patole (2018): 11990 (country records).

Type locality: “Coromandel” [=southeastern coast of the Indian subcontinent, Tamil Nadu State, India] .

Type depository. Holotype (male) at NHMB.

Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu) ( Haaf 1957; Kalifate & Patole 2018).

Comment: Omorgus (O.) rimulosus ( Haaf, 1957) is known only from the holotype. It was previously classified in the subgenus Afromorgus . However, after examination of its holotype we found that it belongs to the nominotypical subgenus Omorgus .

Figures

FIGURES 7–10. Omorgus (Omorgus) rimulosus (Haaf, 1957), holotype NHMB. 7, habitus, dorsal view; 8, habitus, lateral view; 9, habitus, ventral view 10, holotype labels.

FIGURES 11–16. Male genitalia in dorsal (11, 14) and lateral (12, 15) views, apex of median lobe (13, 16). Omorgus (Omorgus) khandesh Strümpher & Kalawate, new species, holotype (ZSI-WRC), 11–13. Omorgus (Omorgus) rimulosus (Haaf, 1957), holotype (NHMB), 14–16. a–j, for explanation refer to Table 1.