Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taxillus Balthasar, 1969

Bezděk, Aleš & Hájek, Jiří, 2013, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1), pp. 387-442 : 424

Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taxillus Balthasar, 1969

Onthophagus (s. str.) taxillus Balthasar, 1969: 384 , Fig. 19.

The holotype and 11 paratypes (including the allotype) are deposited in NMPC (ex coll. V.

Balthasar):

HOLOTYPE (J): ‘N. Guinea / Biró 1899 [p] // Sattelberg / Huon-Golf [p] // Onthophagus / taxillus n.sp. / Balthasar J / 66 [hw] Hlotypus [p, ochreous label]’.

PARATYPE (♀): ‘ NOVA GUINEA / BIRÓ 1899 [p] // HUON-GOLF / SIMBANG [p] // Onthophagus / taxillus n.sp. / Balthasar / 66 [hw] Allotypus [p] ♀ [hw, ochreous label]’.

PARATYPES (2 JJ): ‘N. Guinea / Biró 1899 [p] // Sattelberg / Huon-Golf [p] // Onthophagus / taxillus n.sp. / Balthasar J / 66 [hw] Paratypus [p, ochreous label]’.

PARATYPES (5♀♀): ‘N. Guinea / Biró 1899 [p] // Sattelberg / Huon-Golf [p] // Onthophagus / taxillus n.sp. / Balthasar ♀ / 66 [hw] Paratypus [p, ochreous label]’.

PARATYPE (♀): ‘NOVA GUINEA / BIRÓ 1899 [p] // HUON-GOLF / SIMBANG [p] // Onthophagus / taxillus n.sp. / Balthasar / 66 [hw] Paratypus [p] ♀ [hw, ochreous label]’.

PARATYPE (J): ‘NOVA GUINEA / BIRÓ 1899 [p] // HUON-GOLF / SIMBANG [p] // Onthophagus / taxillus n.sp. / Balthasar / 66 [hw] Paratypus [p] J [hw, ochreous label]’.

PARATYPE (J): ‘N. Guinea / Biró 97 [p] // Stephansort / Astrolabe Bai [p] // Onthophagus / taxillus n.sp. / Balthasar / 66 [hw] Paratypus [p] J [hw, ochreous label]’.

Current status. Valid species.