Omorgus (Omorgus) persuberosus (Vaurie, 1962)

Trox persuberorus Vaurie, 1962: 145 (original description).

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

Omorgus persuberosus: Deloya 2005: 122 (checklist); Ratcliffe 2015: 189 (checklist from Peru); Casari et al. 2024: 629 (image).

Omorgus (Omorgus) persuberosus: Scholtz 1986 a: 361 (phylogenetics); Scholtz 1990: 1411 (redescription); Zidek 2013: 15 (catalogue); Zidek 2017: 106 (catalogue); Smith 2017: 87 (distribution data); Costa-Silva et al. 2021: 2005 (review of Brazilian species).

Type specimens examined.

Holotype, by original designation (♂ MZSP). See Costa-Silva et al. (2021: 2003) for high-quality images of the type specimen. Type locality: “ Ypiranga, São Paulo ” [Brazil].

Paratypes. Forty specimens from several localities in different institutions (see Vaurie 1962: 146).

Geographic distribution.

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay (Vaurie 1962; Scholtz 1990; Costa-Silva et al. 2021).