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Omorgus (Omorgus) candezei

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa & Laboratório de Scarabaeoidologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
  • 2. Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
  • 3. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
  • 4. Laboratório de Scarabaeoidologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Description

Omorgus (Omorgus) candezei (Harold, 1872)

Fig. 1

Trox candezei Harold, 1872: 113 (original description); Burmeister 1876: 259 (as syn. of Trox ciliatus); Bruch 1911: 193 (checklist – as syn. of Trox ciliatus); Arrow 1912: 55 (catalogue – as syn. of Trox ciliatus); Blackwelder 1944: 218 (checklist – as syn. of Trox ciliatus); Vaurie 1962: 153 (redescription).

Trox (Omorgus) candezei: Scholtz 1982: 9 (catalogue).

Omorgus candezei: Scholtz 1990: 1406 (redescription); Diéguez and Gómez 2004: 94 (checklist); Deloya 2005: 122 (checklist); Gómez 2008: 514 (key and notes for Argentinean species); Zidek 2013: 8 (checklist); Zidek 2017: 99 (checklist); Smith 2017: 84 (notes, distribution).

Type specimen examined.

Holotype, by monotypy (RBINS – Fig. 1). First label [red, typeset]: “ Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. / Argentine / Pampas / ex coll. Candeze ”. Second label [white]: “ det. Harold 1872 / [yellow card, Edgar von Harold`s handwriting] Tr. Candezei / Harold typ. ”. Third label [red, typeset]: “ TYPE ”. Fourth label [white aged with green border]: “ Candezei / Har. / Pampas / Ch. ”. Fifth label [white, printed]: “ Omorgus candezei / (Harold) / det. Scholtz 1988 ” (Fig. 1 C). Type locality: “ die Pampas von Südamerika ” [the Pampas of South America].

Note.

According to Harold (1872: 114), the holotype was found in a factory in Verviers (Belgium) in a consignment of sheep’s wool originally from the Pampas region (Argentina).

Geographic distribution.

Argentina (Vaurie 1962; Scholtz 1990; Smith 2017).

Non-type examined material

(15 specimens). ARGENTINA – Buenos Aires • 1; C. Bruch leg.; MACN. – Córdoba • 1; [Villa] Yacanto, A. Stevenin leg.; MACN • 1; Calamuchita, “ El Sauco ”; Apr. 1959, M. J. Viana leg.; CVMD. – Mendoza • 1; Santa Rosa, Reserva de Biosfera Ñacuñan; 22–25 Mar. 2010; G. Arriagada & R. Garcez leg.; CVMD • 1; Santa Rosa, Reserva de Biosfera Ñacuñan; 11–13 Dec. 2002; V. M. Diéguez leg.; IADIZA. – Río Negro • 1; Río Colorado; Dec. 1963; Bachmann leg.; CMNC. – Río Negro • 1; Village de Patagones [= Viedma]; Set. 1829; D’Orbigny leg.; MNHN. – San Luis • 2; 18 km S Ariona; 18–26 Jan. 1982; H. & A. Howden leg.; CMNC • 1; Arizona; Fev. 1980; M. J. Viana leg.; CVMD • 1; Quines; 24 Nov. 1995; Flores & Roig leg.; CVMD • 1; San Geronimo; Fev. 1914; M. J. Viana leg.; CVMD. – Santa Fe • 1; Weiser leg.; MACN. – Santiago del Estero • 1; Lago Mayo; 22 Mar. – 22 May 1957, Golbach leg.; IFML. – Tucumán • 1; A. Breyer leg.; MACN.

Notes

Published as part of da Costa-Silva, Vinícius, Strümpher, Werner P., Barclay, Maxwell V. L. & Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z., 2024, An illustrated catalogue of South American species of Omorgus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera, Trogidae, Omorginae) including a neotype designation and taxonomical changes, pp. 81-101 in Contributions to Entomology 74 (1) on pages 81-101, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e126799

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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/444630C0E5CC5052B7AF0E8D509751C1

Cites
Publication: 10.5962/bhl.title.8799 (DOI)
Publication: 10.5479/si.03629236.185.2 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1080/00222939000770841 (DOI)
Figure: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e126799.figure1 (DOI)
Figure: https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1103863 (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e126799 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/B2861E35EA8053AFA4AD1BA2816CBD9C (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/339AB68C-DCB1-435F-B88E-2C42D0A7B05E (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/444630C0E5CC5052B7AF0E8D509751C1 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/236739311 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/300351/taxon/444630C0E5CC5052B7AF0E8D509751C1.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
CMNC , CVMD , IADIZA , IFML , MACN , MNHN , RBINS
Event date
1957-03-22 , 1982-01-18 , 1995-11-24 , 2002-12-11 , 2010-03-22
Verbatim event date
1957-03-22/05-22 , 1982-01-18/26 , 1995-11-24 , 2002-12-11/13 , 2010-03-22/25
Scientific name authorship
Harold
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Trogidae
Genus
Omorgus
Species
candezei
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Omorgus (Omorgus) candezei (Harold, 1872) sec. Costa-Silva, Strümpher, Barclay & Vaz-de-Mello, 2024

References

  • Harold E (1872) Monographie der Gattung Trox. Coleopterologische Hefte 9: 1 - 192.
  • Burmeister HCC (1876) Die argentinischen Arten der Gattung Trox F. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 37: 241–268.
  • Bruch C (1911) Catálogo sistemático de los Coleópteros de la República Argentina. Pars IV: Familias Lucanidae, Scarabaeidae (Coproini - Cetonini), Passalidae. Revista del Museo de La Plata, Tomo XVII, 181–225. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8799
  • Arrow GJ (1912) Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk editus a S. Schenkling. Pars 43. Scarabaeidae: Pachypodinae, Pleocominae, Aclopinae, Glaphyrinae, Ochodaeinae, Orphninae, Idiostominae, Hybosorinae, Dynamopinae, Acanthocerinae, Troginae. Berlin: W. Junk, 66 pp.
  • Blackwelder RE (1944) Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part 2. Scarabaeidae, Troginae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 218–219. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.185.2
  • Vaurie P (1962) A revision of the genus Trox in South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). The Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 124: 105–167.
  • Scholtz CH (1982) Catalogue of world Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Entomology Memoir, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Republic of South Africa 54: 1–27.
  • Scholtz CH (1990) Revision of the Trogidae of South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Journal of Natural History 24: 1391–1456. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939000770841
  • Diéguez VM, Gómez RS (2004) Aporte al conocimiento de las Trogidae de la Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica de Argentina 63 (1–2): 92–95.
  • Deloya C (2005) Omorgus rodriguezae a new species from Mexico, and a key for the separation of the Central and North America species of the genus (Coleoptera: Trogidae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana 44 (Supl. 1): 121–129.
  • Gómez RS (2008) Trogidae. In: Claps LE, Debandi G, Roig-Juñent S (Eds) Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos II. Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 509–518.
  • Zidek J (2013) Checklist and bibliography of the Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Insecta Mundi 314: 1–38.
  • Zidek J (2017) Updated checklist and bibliography of family Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Folia Heyrovskyana 25 (1): 93–127.
  • Smith ABT (2017) Southern South American Trogidae (Coleoptera): verification of specimens and notes on geographic distribution. Revista Chilena de Entomología 43: 81–103.
  • Harold E (1872) Monographie der Gattung Trox. Coleopterologische Hefte 9: 1–192.