Published February 2, 2023 | Version v1
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Omorgus (Omorgus) khandesh Strumpher & Kalawate 2022, new species

  • 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) khandesh Strümpher & Kalawate, 2022, new species

(Figs. 3–6, 11–13)

Type locality. “ Khandesh [= probably present-day Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar districts of Maharashtra, India]”.

Type depository. Holotype (male) at ZSI-WRC.

Distribution: India (Maharashtra).

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 512, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5231.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7609508

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Trogidae
Genus
Omorgus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Strumpher & Kalawate
Species
khandesh
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Omorgus (Omorgus) khandesh Strümpher & Kalawate, 2023