The first teratological case for the Australian Omorgus Erichson, 1847 species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Trogidae)

dc.contributor.authorDa Costa-Silva, Vinicius
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-20T08:41:07Z
dc.date.available2025-11-20T08:41:07Z
dc.date.issued2025-05-28
dc.description.abstractA new case of hemidystrophy in Trogidae is here described and illustrated. The teratological specimen was identified as a male of Omorgus (Omorgus) alternans (MacLeay, 1827), being the first record of a teratological specimen of a trogid from Australia. While teratological cases provide limited taxonomic insights, they offer significant understanding of the environmental influences on insect development. The study emphasizes the importance of documenting such anomalies, contributing to the broader knowledge of developmental biology in insects, particularly within the under-researched Australian Trogidae.
dc.description.departmentZoology and Entomology
dc.description.sdgSDG-15: Life on land
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Stewart and Jarmila Peck Visiting Scientist Awards in Entomology for the financial support to visit the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMNC—Ottawa, Canada) and the Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme from the University of Pretoria.
dc.description.urihttps://contributions-to-entomology.arphahub.com/issue/4988/
dc.identifier.citationDa Costa-Silva, V. 2025, 'The first teratological case for the Australian Omorgus Erichson, 1847 species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Trogidae)', Contributions to Entomology, vol. 75, no. 1, pp. 235-238, doi : 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e148695.
dc.identifier.issn2511-6428 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e148695
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/105395
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSenckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut
dc.rightsCopyright Vinícius da Costa-Silva. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0).
dc.subjectAnomalies
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.subjectHemidystrophy
dc.subjectMorphology
dc.subjectOmorginae
dc.subjectTeratology
dc.titleThe first teratological case for the Australian Omorgus Erichson, 1847 species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Trogidae)
dc.typeArticle

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