Omorgus (Afromorgus) testudo ( Arrow, 1927 )

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 : 56

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10959426

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Omorgus (Afromorgus) testudo ( Arrow, 1927 )
status

 

Omorgus (Afromorgus) testudo ( Arrow, 1927) View in CoL

( Figs. 80–83 View FIGURES 80–83 )

Trox testudo Arrow, 1927: 466 View in CoL (original description).

Trox testudo View in CoL : Haaf 1954: 365 (description, diagnosis, illustration); Bacchus 1978: 112 (lectotype designation, catalogue).

Trox (Omorgus) testudo View in CoL : Scholtz 1982: 14 (catalogue).

Afromorgus testudo View in CoL : Pittino 2006: 79 (new combination, catalogue); Pittino & Bezdĕk 2016: 54 (catalogue).

Omorgus (Afromorgus) testudo View in CoL : Zidek 2013: 17 (checklist); Zidek 2017: 109 (checklist); Kalawate & Patole 2018: 11990 (country records).

Type depository. Lectotype (male) and three paralectotypes at NHMUK ( Figs. 80–83 View FIGURES 80–83 ).

Type locality. “ India: Karachi [= Karachi, present-day Pakistan]” .

Distribution. Pakistan.

Comments. Omorgus (A.) testudo is presently known only from Pakistan which historically fell under British control until August 1947, when Pakistan gained independence from the latter. Additional specimens with reliable locality data are required before India can be added to the distributional range of this species .

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Trogidae

Genus

Omorgus

Loc

Omorgus (Afromorgus) testudo ( Arrow, 1927 )

Kalawate, Aparna S. & Strümpher, Werner P. 2024
2024
Loc

Omorgus (Afromorgus) testudo

Kalawate, A. S. & Patole, S. S. 2018: 11990
Zidek, J. 2017: 109
Zidek, J. 2013: 17
2013
Loc

Afromorgus testudo

Pittino, R. & Bezdek, A. 2016: 54
Pittino, R. 2006: 79
2006
Loc

Trox (Omorgus) testudo

Scholtz, C. H. 1982: 14
1982
Loc

Trox testudo

Bacchus, M. E. 1978: 112
Haaf, E. 1954: 365
1954
Loc

Trox testudo

Arrow, G. J. 1927: 466
1927
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