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Omorgus (Omorgus) birmanicus

  • 1. Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
  • 2. Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidhya Nagar, Sector- 29, P. C. N. T. (PO), Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra 411044, India. aparna _ ent @ yahoo. co. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6595 - 6749

Description

Omorgus (Omorgus) birmanicus (Arrow, 1927)

(Figs. 17–20)

Trox birmanicus Arrow, 1927: 467 (original description).

Trox birmanicus: Haaf (1954a): 389 (diagnosis, illustration, key).

Trox (Omorgus) birmanicus: Scholtz (1982): 8 (catalogue).

Omorgus (Omorgus) birmanicus: Zidek (2013): 7, 20 (checklist); Zidek (2017): 98, 112 (checklist).

Type locality. “Lr.[Lower] Burma, Prome [Pyay] [= Myanmar]”.

Type depository. Lectotype (male) and two paralectotypes at NHMUK.

Distribution. Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (Arrow 1927; Schoolmeesters 2022).

Notes

Published as part of Strümpher, Werner P. & Kalawate, Aparna S., 2023, Omorgus (Omorgus) khandesh (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae), a new species from India, along with an annotated catalogue of the Oriental and Palearctic species of the subgenus Omorgus Erichson, 1847, pp. 501-522 in Zootaxa 5231 (5) on page 510, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5231.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7609508

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMUK
Scientific name authorship
Arrow
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Trogidae
Genus
Omorgus
Species
birmanicus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Omorgus (Omorgus) birmanicus (Arrow, 1927) sec. Strümpher & Kalawate, 2023

References

  • Arrow, G. J. (1927) A note on the coleopterous genus Trox, with descriptions of a few new Asiatic species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 19 (112), 465 - 468. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222932708655516
  • Haaf, E. (1954 a) Die afrikanischen und orientalischen Arten der Gattung Trox (Col. Scarab). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 5, 326 - 393.
  • Scholtz, C. H. (1982) Catalogue of world Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Entomology Memoir, 54, 1 - 27.
  • 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, Series A, 25 (1), 93 - 127.
  • Schoolmeesters, P. (2022) Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database. Version November 2020. In: Roskov, Y., Abucay, L. Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R. E., Decock, W., DeWever, A., Nieukerken, E., van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L. (Eds.), Species 2000. Naturalis, Leiden. Digital resource. Available from: http: // www. catalogueoflife. org / annualchecklist / 2017 (accessed 31 October 2022)