Omorgus (Omorgus) candezei ( Harold, 1872 )

da Costa-Silva, Vinícius, Strümpher, Werner P., Barclay, Maxwell V. L. & Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando 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), pp. 81-101 : 81-101

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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e126799

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13123980

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scientific name

Omorgus (Omorgus) candezei ( Harold, 1872 )
status

 

Omorgus (Omorgus) candezei ( Harold, 1872) View in CoL

Fig. 1 View Figure 1

Trox candezei Harold, 1872: 113 (original description); Burmeister 1876: 259 (as syn. of Trox ciliatus); Bruch 1911: 193 (checklist – as syn. of Trox ciliatus); Arrow 1912: 55 (catalogue – as syn. of Trox ciliatus); Blackwelder 1944: 218 (checklist – as syn. of Trox ciliatus); Vaurie 1962: 153 (redescription). View in CoL

Trox (Omorgus) candezei View in CoL : Scholtz 1982: 9 (catalogue).

Omorgus candezei View in CoL : Scholtz 1990: 1406 (redescription); Diéguez and Gómez 2004: 94 (checklist); Deloya 2005: 122 (checklist); Gómez 2008: 514 (key and notes for Argentinean species); Zidek 2013: 8 (checklist); Zidek 2017: 99 (checklist); Smith 2017: 84 (notes, distribution).

Type specimen examined.

Holotype, by monotypy ( RBINS – Fig. 1 View Figure 1 ). First label [red, typeset]: “ Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. / Argentine / Pampas / ex coll. Candeze ”. Second label [white]: “ det. Harold 1872 / [yellow card, Edgar von Harold`s handwriting] Tr. Candezei / Harold typ. ”. Third label [red, typeset]: “ TYPE ”. Fourth label [white aged with green border]: “ Candezei / Har. / Pampas / Ch. ”. Fifth label [white, printed]: “ Omorgus candezei / (Harold) / det. Scholtz 1988 ” (Fig. 1 C View Figure 1 ). Type locality: “ die Pampas von Südamerika ” [the Pampas of South America ].

Note.

According to Harold (1872: 114), the holotype was found in a factory in Verviers ( Belgium) in a consignment of sheep’s wool originally from the Pampas region ( Argentina).

Geographic distribution.

Argentina ( Vaurie 1962; Scholtz 1990; Smith 2017).

Non-type examined material

(15 specimens). ARGENTINA – Buenos Aires • 1; C. Bruch leg.; MACN . – Córdoba • 1; [Villa] Yacanto , A. Stevenin leg.; MACN 1; Calamuchita, “ El Sauco ”; Apr. 1959, M. J. Viana leg.; CVMD . – Mendoza • 1; Santa Rosa, Reserva de Biosfera Ñacuñan ; 22–25 Mar. 2010; G. Arriagada & R. Garcez leg.; CVMD 1; Santa Rosa, Reserva de Biosfera Ñacuñan ; 11–13 Dec. 2002; V. M. Diéguez leg.; IADIZA . – Río Negro • 1; Río Colorado ; Dec. 1963; Bachmann leg.; CMNC . – Río Negro • 1; Village de Patagones [= Viedma]; Set. 1829; D’Orbigny leg.; MNHN . – San Luis • 2; 18 km S Ariona ; 18–26 Jan. 1982; H. & A. Howden leg.; CMNC 1; Arizona ; Fev. 1980; M. J. Viana leg.; CVMD 1; Quines ; 24 Nov. 1995; Flores & Roig leg.; CVMD 1; San Geronimo ; Fev. 1914; M. J. Viana leg.; CVMD . – Santa Fe • 1; Weiser leg.; MACN . – Santiago del Estero • 1; Lago Mayo ; 22 Mar. – 22 May 1957, Golbach leg.; IFML . – Tucumán • 1; A. Breyer leg.; MACN .

RBINS

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

MACN

Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Trogidae

Genus

Omorgus

Loc

Omorgus (Omorgus) candezei ( Harold, 1872 )

da Costa-Silva, Vinícius, Strümpher, Werner P., Barclay, Maxwell V. L. & Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z. 2024
2024
Loc

Omorgus candezei

Zidek J 2017: 99
Smith ABT 2017: 84
Zidek J 2013: 8
Gómez RS 2008: 514
Deloya C 2005: 122
Diéguez VM & Gómez RS 2004: 94
Scholtz CH 1990: 1406
1990
Loc

Trox (Omorgus) candezei

Scholtz CH 1982: 9
1982
Loc

Trox candezei

Vaurie P 1962: 153
Blackwelder RE 1944: 218
Arrow GJ 1912: 55
Bruch C 1911: 193
Burmeister HCC 1876: 259
Harold E 1872: 113
1872