An illustrated catalogue of South American species of Omorgus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera, Trogidae, Omorginae) including a neotype designation and taxonomical changes
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Da Costa-Silva, Vinicius
Strumpher, Werner P.
Barclay, Maxwell V.L.
Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z.
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Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Abstract
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.
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Keratin feeding, Omorgini, Scarabaeoidea, South America, Taxonomy, Type specimens, SDG-15: Life on land, SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG-15:Life on land
SDG-17:Partnerships for the goals
SDG-17:Partnerships for the goals
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Da Costa-Silva, V., Strümpher, W.P., Barclay, M.V.L. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. (2024) An illustrated catalogue of South American species of Omorgus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera, Trogidae, Omorginae) including a neotype designation and taxonomical changes. Contributions to Entomology 74(1): 81-101. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e126799.