Omorgus (Omorgus) mollis ( Arrow, 1927 )

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) mollis ( Arrow, 1927)

( Figs. 32–35 )

Trox mollis Arrow, 1927: 468 (original description).

Trox mollis: Haaf (1954a) : 391 (diagnosis, illustration); Scholtz (1986a): 38 (redescription and lectotype designation, distribution, illustrations, key).

Omorgus (Omorgus) mollis: Zidek (2013) : 13, 20 (checklist); Zidek (2017): 104, 112 (checklist).

Type locality: “Borneo”.

Type depository. Lectotype (male) at NHMUK.

Distribution: Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra), Malaysia (Sabah) ( Scholtz 1986a; Schoolmeesters 2022).

Comments: The original type series consisted of five specimens ( Scholtz 1986a). However, we could only trace three type specimens. Lectotype and paralectotype in NHMUK , and one paralectotype in SDEI .

Figures

FIGURES 32–35. Omorgus (Omorgus) mollis (Arrow, 1927), lectotype (NHMUK). 32, habitus, dorsal view; 33, habitus, lateral view; 34, lectotype labels; 35, aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view. Photos by Keita Matsumoto, copyright NHMUK.