Catalogue of species of the subgenus Afromorgus Scholtz, 1986 (Coleoptera: Trogidae: Omorginae) known from the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions, including a description of one new species from the Deccan Plateau in India Author Kalawate, Aparna S. Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidhya Nagar, Sector- 29, P. C. N. T. (PO), Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra 411044, India Author Strümpher, Werner P. Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa text Zootaxa 2024 2024-04-11 5437 1 21 63 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.3 journal article 293434 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.3 9cb09294-5d9e-4bf9-accf-0d7344395d3a 1175-5326 10959360 DC87F27D-C28A-4904-805F-FBE91DDC10DA Omorgus ( Afromorgus ) testudo ( Arrow, 1927 ) ( Figs. 80–83 ) Trox testudo Arrow, 1927: 466 (original description). Trox testudo : Haaf 1954: 365 (description, diagnosis, illustration); Bacchus 1978: 112 ( lectotype designation, catalogue). Trox ( Omorgus ) testudo : Scholtz 1982: 14 (catalogue). Afromorgus testudo : Pittino 2006: 79 (new combination, catalogue); Pittino & Bezdĕk 2016: 54 (catalogue). Omorgus ( Afromorgus ) testudo : Zidek 2013: 17 (checklist); Zidek 2017: 109 (checklist); Kalawate & Patole 2018 : 11990 (country records). Type depository. Lectotype (male) and three paralectotypes at NHMUK ( Figs. 80–83 ). Type locality. “ India : Karachi [= Karachi , present-day Pakistan]” . Distribution. Pakistan . Comments. Omorgus ( A. ) testudo is presently known only from Pakistan which historically fell under British control until August 1947 , when Pakistan gained independence from the latter. Additional specimens with reliable locality data are required before India can be added to the distributional range of this species .