Omorgus (Omorgus) loxus ( Vaurie, 1955 )

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

Omorgus (Omorgus) loxus ( Vaurie, 1955)

Trox loxus Vaurie, 1955: 58 (original description); Vaurie 1962: 147 (redescription); Ratcliffe 1978: 301 (new distribution records).

Trox (Omorgus) loxus : Scholtz 1982: 11 (catalogue).

Omorgus (Omorgus) loxus : Scholtz 1986 a: 361 (phylogenetics); Scholtz 1990: 1416 (redescription), Moragues 2010: 77 (checklist – as “ lauxus ”); Zidek 2013: 12 (checklist); Zidek 2017: 103 (checklist); Hielkema and Hielkema 2019: 11 (checklist of the Guianas); Costa-Silva et al. 2021: 1999 (review of Brazilian species).

Omorgus loxus : Deloya 2000: 67 (checklist); Diéguez and Gómez 2004: 94 (checklist); Deloya 2005: 122 (checklist); Gómez 2008: 515 (key for Argentinean species).

Type specimen examined.

Holotype, by original designation (♀ MCZH). See Costa-Silva et al. (2021: 1999) for high-quality images of the type specimen. Type locality: “ El Palmar , 16 k. W. of Tetzonapa ” [ Mexico].

Geographic distribution.

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Mexico, Panama, and Paraguay ( Vaurie 1955; Ratcliffe 1978; Scholtz 1990; Costa-Silva et al. 2021).

Non-type examined material

(three specimens additionally to Costa-Silva et al. 2021). ARGENTINA – La Rioja • 1 ♀; Patquia ; 1933; K. J. Hayward leg.; NHMUK • 1 ♀; Santiago del Estero, Bords du Rio Salado, D’Icano, Mistol paso ; 1909; E. R. Wagner leg.; MNHN .

BRAZIL • 1; Matto Grosso (sic!); 1886; P. Germain leg.; MNHN .