Omorgus ( Afromorgus ) verrucosus ( Reiche & Saulcy, 1856 )

Kalawate, Aparna S. & Strümpher, Werner P., 2024, 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, Zootaxa 5437 (1), pp. 21-63 : 58

Omorgus ( Afromorgus) verrucosus ( Reiche & Saulcy, 1856)

( Figs. 84–85 )

Trox verrucosus Reiche & Saulcy, 1856: 404 (original description).

Trox verrucosus : Harold 1872: 71 (as a synonym of Trox denticulatus ); Arrow 1912: 55 (as a synonym of Trox denticulatus ); Haaf 1954: 354 as a synonym of Trox denticulatus ); Scholtz 1982: 9 (as a synonym of Trox ( Omorgus) denticulatus ); Scholtz 1980b: 52 (as a synonym of Trox ( Omorgus) denticulatus ).

Afromorgus testudo : Pittino 2006: 26, 27, 79 ( lectotype designation, revalidated, new combination, catalogue); Pittino & Bezdĕk 2016: 54 (catalogue); Král & Batelka 2017: 81 (specimens of United Arab Emirates, distribution).

Omorgus verrucosus : Abdel-Dayem et al. 2020: 62 (country record).

Omorgus ( Afromorgus) verrucosus : Zidek 2013: 18 (checklist); Zidek 2017: 110 (checklist).

Trox nomadicus Scholtz, 1980a: 138 (original description). Type locality: “Arabia [ Saudi Arabia], Shakhat-el-Yemanie”. Type depository: Holotype (female) at TMSA ( Figs. 86–87 ). Synonymised by Pittino 2006: 28.

Trox ( Omorgus) nomadicus : Scholtz 1982: 12 (catalogue).

Type depository. Lectotype (male) at NMHN, one paralectotype at NHMUK ( Figs. 84–85 ).

Type locality. “ De Syrie [ Syria]” .

Distribution. Egypt, Iraq, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen ( Schoolmeesters 2023).

Figures

FIGURES 84–85. Omorgus (Afromorgus) verrucosus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1856), lectotype (NMHN). 84, habitus, dorsal view; 85, labels. Photos by Olivier Montreuil, copyright MNHN.

FIGURES 86–87. Trox nomadicus Scholtz, 1980a (= junior synonym of Omorgus (Afromorgus) verrucosus (Olivier, 1789)), holotype (TMSA). 86, habitus, dorsal view; 87, labels. Photos by Werner P. Strümpher.