Onthophagus orientalis Harold, 1868

Tarasov, Sergey I., 2010, Seven new synonyms within the genus Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Oriental Region, Zootaxa 2566, pp. 45-48 : 47

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.197274
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6208724
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scientific name	Onthophagus orientalis Harold, 1868
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Onthophagus orientalis Harold, 1868 View in CoL

Onthophagus orientalis Harold, 1868: 83 View in CoL (type locality: original description “ Hongkong, Bengal”; lecotype designated by Zunino (1976) “ Hong Kong ”)

Onthophagus orientalis Harold View in CoL ; Zunino, 1976: 79 (lectotype designation)

Onthophagus perroti Paulian, 1978: 40 View in CoL syn.n. (type locality: Saigon [ Vietnam])

Type material examined. Lectotype of O. orientalis ( MNHN), male bearing the following labels:

1. White, printed: Ex Musaeo E Harold

2. White, printed: Hong Kong

3. Red: Lecto [handwritten] TYPUS [printed] Onthophagus orientalis Har. [handwritten] M. ZUNINO 19 [printed] 76 [handwritten]

Also, 1Ψ paralectotype of O. orientalis ( MNHN), from the same locality.

Holotype of O. perroti ( MNHN), male bearing the following labels:

1. White, printed: MUSÉUM PARIS SAIGON 1950 [handwritten] J. BARBIER

2. White: Onthophagus perroti n.sp. [handwritten] R. Paulian det. [printed]

3. Red, printed: HOLOTYPE

4. Orange: Onthophagus perroti Paulian, 1978 [handwritten] S. Tarasov det. 2009 [printed]

5. White: Onthophagus orientalis Har. [handwritten] S. Tarasov det. 2009 [printed]

Additional material examined: 1♂ ( MNHN) bearing the same geographical label as the holotype and labeled by someone later as a paratype of O. perroti Paulian, 1978 . The original description of O. perroti was based on a single specimen ( Paulian 1978) and therefore this paratype label is erroneous.

Remarks. Based on my observations, O. perroti represents individuals exhibiting the minor form of the earlier described and common Oriental species O. orientalis Harold, 1868 . The character states of external morphology of O. perroti (e.g. vertex horn, pronotum punctation, etc.) are compatible with the range of variation of O. orientalis . Morover, the holotype of O. perroti has the same aedeagus as the lectotype of O. orientalis .