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Omaloplia Schonherr 1817

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Queensland Museum Kurilpa, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Australia
  • 2. Langeveldstraat, 23, 3020 Herent, Belgium

Description

Omaloplia Schönherr, 1817

[30 species and 3 additional subspecies].

The valid type species fixation is that of Thon (1832), who selected Scarabaeus brunneus Linnaeus, 1758, but that nominal species is currently the type species of the genus Serica MacLeay, 1819. An application to the Commission is necessary to fix Melolontha ruricola Fabricius, 1775 as the type species of Omaloplia to conserve current usage.

Note: Samouelle (1819) incorrectly spelt Omaloplia as “ Amaloplia ” and Stephens (1830) incorrectly spelt Omaloplia as “ Homaloplia ”.

Brachyphylla Mulsant, 1842 (not Brachyphylla Gray, 1834).

Type species Melolontha ruricola Fabricius, 1775, by monotypy. Synonymy by Erichson (1848).

Omaloplia (Acarina) Baraud, 1965b.

Type species Scarabaeus spireae Pallas, 1773, by original designation.

Notes

Published as part of Allsopp, Peter G. & Schoolmeesters, Paul, 2024, All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), pp. 104-175 in Megataxa 12 (1) on page 145, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.12.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/14984437

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03928792D66D2969FCDC7C0AFC42FB29

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/megataxa.12.1.2 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/14984437 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFABFFEAD6442940FFF67E40FF9AFF8C (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03928792D66D2969FCDC7C0AFC42FB29 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/256999888 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/308857/taxon/03928792D66D2969FCDC7C0AFC42FB29.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Schonherr
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Omaloplia
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Omaloplia Schonherr, 1817 sec. Allsopp & Schoolmeesters, 2024

References

  • Schonherr, C. J. (1817) Synonymia Insectorum, oder: Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insecten nach dem System Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum etc. geordnet, mit Berichtigungen und Anmerkungen wie auch Beschreibung neuer Arten und illuminierten Kupfren. Ersten Band. Kafer. Dritter Theil. Hispa - Molorchus. Lewerentz, Skara, Sweden, xi + 506 pp.
  • Thon, D. (1832) Omaloplia Megerle von Muhlfeld (Insecta). In: Meier, M. H. E. & Kamtz, L. F. Allgemeine Encyclopadie der Wissenschaften und Kunste in alphabetischer Folge von genannten Schriftstellern bearbeitet und herausgegeben von J. S. Ersch und J. G. Gruber. Dritte Section. O - Z. Dritter Theil. Olbasa - Onocrotalus. F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, Germany, p. 347.
  • MacLeay, W. S. (1819) Horae entomologicae: or essays on the annulose animals. Volume 1. Part 1. Bagster, London, United Kingdom, xxx + 2 + 160 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.65809
  • Fabricius, J. C. (1775) Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Kortii, Flensburgi & Lipsiae [Flensburg & Leipzig], Germany, 32 + 832 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36510
  • Samouelle, G. (1819) The entomologist's useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British insects, comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linne, and the modern method of arranging the classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects, from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology; a calendar of the times of appearance and usual situations of near 3,000 species of British insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. Illustrated with twelve plates. Thomas Boys, London, United Kingdom, 496 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.120094
  • Stephens, J. F. (1830) Illustrations of British Entomology, or a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata (Coleoptera Vol. II). Baldwin & Cradock, London, United Kingdom, xxxiv + 1 + 416 pp.
  • Mulsant, M. E. (1842) Histoire naturelle des coleopteres de France. Lamellicornes. Maison, Libraire, Paris, France, viii + 623.
  • Erichson, W. F. (1848) Naturgeschichte des Insecten Deutschland. I. Coleoptera, Scaphidilia, Scarabaeides. Nicolaischen Buchhandlung, Berlin, Germany, pp. 801-968. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.50882
  • Baraud, J. (1965 b) Revision du genre Homaloplia Stephens. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, 104, 393-448.