Omorgus (Omorgus) costatus ( Wiedemann, 1823 )

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 : 510

Omorgus (Omorgus) costatus ( Wiedemann, 1823)

( Figs. 21–23 )

Trox costatus Wiedemann, 1823: 30 (original description).

Trox costatus: Harold (1872) : 114 (redescription); Arrow (1912): 55 (catalogue); Hoffmann (1931): 502 (checklist); Leefmans (1932): 36 (biological information); Paulian (1945): 29 (redescription); Haaf (1954a): 390 (redescription, illustration); Haaf (1954b): 734 (diagnosis); Scholtz (1986a): 36 (redescription, distribution, illustrations, key).

Trox (Omorgus) costatus: Scholtz (1982) : 9 (catalogue).

Omorgus (Omorgus) costatus: Zidek (2013) : 9, 20 (checklist); Zidek (2017): 99, 112 (checklist).

Omorgus costatus: Pittino (2006) : 79 (catalogue); Pittino & Bezdĕk (2016): 54 (catalogue).

Synonym. Trox regularis Harold, 1868: 85 (original description). Synonymised by Harold (1872): 115. Type locality. “ Java ”. Type depository. None found.

Synonym. Trox velutinus Blackburn, 1892: 40 (original description). Synonymised by Haaf (1954b): 734. Type locality. “N. Queensland [Cooktown, Queensland, Australia]”. Type depository. Reportedly deposited in the NHMUK ( Haaf 1954b).

Synonym. Trox montalbanensis Schultze, 1915: 272 (original description). Synonymised by Haaf (1954a): 390. Type locality. “Luzon, Rizal, Montalban Schlucht [Montalban Gorge] [=Luzon, Philippines]”. Type depository. Reportedly deposited in the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany ( Haaf 1954a).

Type locality. “ In Javae montibus [in the mountains of Java]” .

Type depository. Type could not be traced.

Distribution. China (Hainan Island, Henan, Southwestern Territory, Taiwan), India (Haryana), Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Malaysia (Sabah), Philippines (Luzon), Thailand, Vietnam ( Scholtz 1986b; Pittino & Bezdĕk 2016; Schoolmeesters 2022).

Figures

FIGURES 21–23. Omorgus (Omorgus) costatus (Wiedemann, 1823), cleaned specimen (TMSA). 21, habitus, dorsal view; 22, aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view; 23, labels.