Omorgus (Afromorgus) italicus ( Reiche, 1853 )

Kalawate, Aparna S. & Strümpher, Werner P., 2024, Catalogue of species of the subgenus Afromorgus Scholtz, 1986 (Coleoptera: Trogidae: Omorginae) known from the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions, including a description of one new species from the Deccan Plateau in India, Zootaxa 5437 (1), pp. 21-63 : 40

Omorgus (Afromorgus) italicus ( Reiche, 1853)

( Figs. 39–40 )

Trox italicus Reiche, 1853: 89 (original description).

Trox italicus : Harold 1872: 110 (description, diagnosis); Arrow 1912: 57 (catalogue); Haaf 1954: 386 (description, diagnosis, illustration).

Trox (Omorgus) italicus : Scholtz 1982: 11 (catalogue).

Afromorgus italicus : Pittino 2006: 79 (new combination, catalogue); Pittino & Bezdĕk 2016: 54 (catalogue).

Omorgus (Afromorgus) italicus : Zidek 2013: 11 (checklist); Zidek 2017: 102 (checklist); Kalawate & Patole 2018: 11990 (country records).

Type depository. Holotype (sex unknown) is reportedly at MNHN, but could not be located [Olivier Montreuil, personal communication, 2023].

Type locality. “… près de Rimini dans les Etats romains [… near Rimini, 44°03′N 12°34′E, in the Roman States]” .

Distribution. China (including Taiwan), India, Italy [introduced], Pakistan ( Haaf, 1954; Pittino 2006; Kalawate & Patole 2018).

Figures

FIGURES 39–40. Omorgus (Afromorgus) italicus (Reiche, 1853), cleaned specimen (ZSI-WRC). 39, habitus, dorsal view; 40, aedeagus, dorsal and lateral views (images modified after Kalawate & Patole 2018).