Omorgus (Omorgus) badeni (Harold, 1872)

Trox badeni Harold, 1872: 83 (original description); Arrow 1912: 54 (catalogue); Vaurie 1962: 147 (as syn. of Omorgus borrei); Scholtz 1982: 9 (as syn. of Omorgus borrei).

Omorgus (Omorgus) badeni: Scholtz 1990: 1416 (revalidated, redescribed and lectotype designated); Zidek 2013: 7 (checklist); Zidek 2017: 98 (checklist); Costa-Silva et al. 2021: 2001 (review of Brazilian species).

Omorgus badeni: Morrone 2001: 57 (mention, biogeography); Deloya 2005: 122 (checklist); Morrone 2014: 57 (mention, biogeography).

Type specimen examined.

Lectotype (RBINS). See Costa-Silva et al. (2021: 2001) for high quality images of the type specimen. Type locality: “ Ceará, Brazil ”.

Geographic distribution.

Brazil. For details of distribution, see Costa-Silva et al. (2021). Morrone (2001, 2014) report this species from “ Northern Colombia and northwestern (sic!) ”, without specific locality. Although plausible, so far, no specimen of Omorgus (O.) badeni from Colombia has been examined by the authors.