Omorgus (Omorgus) maissouri ( Haaf, 1954a )

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

Omorgus (Omorgus) maissouri ( Haaf, 1954a)

( Figs. 28–31 )

Trox inclusus ssp. maissouri Haaf, 1954a: 384 (original description).

Omorgus inclusus ssp. maissouri: Zidek (2013) : 12 (checklist).

Omorgus (Afromorgus) inclusus maissouri: Zidek (2017) : 103 (checklist).

Afromorgus maissouri: Pittino (2006) : 27 (new combination).

Type locality: “ Maïssour [= Mysuru ], Shimoga [= Shivamogga District, India]” .

Type depository. Holotype (male) at MNHN; paratypes could not be traced.

Distribution: India (Karnataka, Odisha), Myanmar (formerly Burma) ( Haaf 1954a; Schoolmeesters 2022).

Comments: Omorgus (A.) maissouri ( Haaf, 1954a) was previously classified in the subgenus Afromorgus . We recently examined its holotype and found that it belongs to the nominotypical subgenus Omorgus . The male of O. (O.) maissouri , have the phallobasis clearly divided and membranous dorsally which correspond with the diagnostic features of nominotypical subgenus (sensu Scholtz 1986b) and is here by reassigned to the subgenus Omorgus .

Figures

FIGURES 28–31. Omorgus (Omorgus) maissouri (Haaf, 1954), holotype (MNHN). 28, habitus, dorsal view; 29, habitus, lateral view; 30, holotype labels; 31, aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view. Photos by Antoine Mantilleri, copyright MNHN.