Omophron (Omophron) capense Gory, 1833: 212

Anichtchenko, Alexander & Valainis, Uldis, 2023, Revision of the subgenus Omophron (s. str.) Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Carabidae Omophron) of the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 5284 (2), pp. 201-246 : 218

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2A865757-B6B4-48CD-A9AD-334F7E7B508B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7923260
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B46F27-FFD5-FF83-6DC3-FD06FC1A941E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Omophron (Omophron) capense Gory, 1833: 212
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Omophron (Omophron) capense Gory, 1833: 212 View in CoL

Comments: Widespread species, known from Angola, Botswana, Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, RSA, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Members of different populations in some parts of its range are morphologically distinct. However, the presence of transitional forms in the structure of the apex of the aedeagus, as well as similar structure of the endophallus, prevents us from separating them with certainty into different species. However, it is possible that genetic studies will make it possible to assign a species status to the subspecies described by us.

We divide the species into five subspecies across its range (Map. 3).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae
Genus	Omophron