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Omorgus (Omorgus) nanningensis Pittino 2005

  • 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) nanningensis Pittino, 2005

(Figs 36–37)

Omorgus (Omorgus) nanningensis Pittino, 2005: 71 (original description, illustrations). Type series: holotype (male) at RPCI. Omorgus (Omorgus) nanningensis: Zidek (2013):13, 20 (checklist); Zidek (2017): 104, 112 (checklist).

Omorgus nanningensis: Pittino & Bezdĕk (2016): 54 (catalogue).

Type locality: “ Nanning, Kwangsi (Guangxi), China ”.

Type depository. Holotype (male) at RPCI.

Distribution: China (Guangxi) (Pittino 2005).

Comment: This species was described form a single male specimen and is most similar to O. (O.) trilobus (Haaf, 1954) from Australia. For a differential diagnosis see Pittino (2005).

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
RPCI
Family
Trogidae
Genus
Omorgus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Pittino
Species
nanningensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Omorgus (Omorgus) nanningensis Pittino, 2005 sec. Strümpher & Kalawate, 2023

References

  • Pittino, R. (2005) Four new Asian species of Omorgus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Trogidae). Kogane, 6, 71 - 79.
  • 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.
  • Pittino, R. & Bezdek, A. (2016) Family Trogidae W. S. Macleay, 1819. In: Lobl, I. & Lobl, D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 3. Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Revised and updated edition. Brill, Leiden, pp. 53 - 58. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004309142