Catharsius omoensis Müller, 1941

Takano, Hitoshi, 2021, Taxonomic notes concerning the genus Catharsius Hope, 1837 (Scarabaeidae Scarabaeinae), Zootaxa 5052 (2), pp. 280-286 : 285

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.2.7
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D8949428-C305-4510-99BB-39498D4421F6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5579082
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/865687A5-FF92-FFFC-2797-4EA725B9FD31
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Catharsius omoensis Müller, 1941
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Catharsius omoensis Müller, 1941 View in CoL

This species was described by Giuseppe Müller from specimens collected by Edoardo Zavattari in Murle (5°09’N, 36°13’E) on the left bank of the Omo River, about 50 km from Lake Turkana in southern Ethiopia. A male syntype was studied by Ferreira (1964b) and she transferred this taxon to the subgenus Metacatharsiu s based purely on body size, despite its absence from Balthasar’s (1965) comprehensive work on the subgenus. Subsequently, Metacatharsius View in CoL was raised to genus level (e.g., Montreuil 1998) and from re-examination of a male syntype housed in MCST, it has become evident that the original placement of this taxon in the genus Catharsius View in CoL was correct.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Scarabaeidae
Genus	Catharsius