Ora improtecta Watts, 2004

Watts, Chris H. S., Cooper, Steven J. B. & Saint, Kathleen M., 2017, Review of Australian Scirtes Illiger, Ora Clark and Exochomoscirtes Pic (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) including descriptions of new species, new groups and a multi-gene molecular phylogeny of Australian and non-Australian species, Zootaxa 4347 (3), pp. 511-532 : 520

Ora improtecta Watts, 2004

Notes. This species remains little known and no specimens were available for our DNA study. Morphologically it is distinct from the two other Australian species in the genus, which appear to be more typical of the genus, and its position in Ora is problematic. In this context it needs to be recognized that Ora is a poorly characterized cosmopolitan genus much in need of a revision. There is a recent specimen in the South Australian Museum’s collection from Halmahera, Indonesia. It is thus probable that the species is widespread in the islands to the north of Australia.