Omorgus (Afromorgus) omacanthus ( Harold, 1872 )

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 : 50

Omorgus (Afromorgus) omacanthus ( Harold, 1872)

( Figs. 64–65 )

Trox omacanthus Harold, 1872: 64 (original description).

Trox omacanthus : Arrow 1912: 43 (catalogue); Haaf 1954: 367 (description, diagnosis, illustration); Yadav & Pillai 1976: 8 (biology); Yadav et al. 1979: 106 (biology).

Trox (Omorgus) omacanthus : Scholtz 1982: 12 (catalogue).

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

Omorgus (Afromorgus) omacanthus : Zidek 2013: 14 (checklist); Zidek 2017: 105 (checklist); Kalawate & Patole 2018: 11990 (country records).

Type depository. Type (sex unknown) is reportedly lost ( Zidek 2017: 105).

Type locality. “Bengalen [West Bengal, India]” .

Distribution. India ( Harold 1872; Haaf 1954; Pittino 2006; Schoolmeesters 2023).

Figures

FIGURES 64–65. Omorgus (Afromorgus) omacanthus (Harold, 1872) specimen (SDEI). 64, habitus, dorsal view; 65 labels. Photos by Kevin Weissing, copyright SDEI.