Contributions to Entomology (Jul 2024)

An illustrated catalogue of South American species of Omorgus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera, Trogidae, Omorginae) including a neotype designation and taxonomical changes

  • Vinícius da Costa-Silva,
  • Werner P. Strümpher,
  • Maxwell V. L. Barclay,
  • Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e126799
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 74, no. 1
pp. 81 – 101

Abstract

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An illustrated catalogue of South American species of the genus Omorgus Erichson is presented. Based on this study we propose the following taxonomic changes: Omorgus (Omorgus) capillaceus Scholtz, 1990, syn. nov. and Omorgus (O.) lucidus Pittino, 2010, syn. nov. are proposed as junior subjective synonyms of Omorgus (O.) fuliginosus (Robinson, 1941) and Omorgus (O.) ciliatus (Blanchard, 1847), respectively. Lastly, we designated a male neotype for the ubiquitous New World species Trox suberosus Fabricius, 1775 to replace the missing type.