Omorgus (Afromorgus) squalidus ( Olivier, 1789 )

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 : 54-55

Omorgus (Afromorgus) squalidus ( Olivier, 1789)

( Figs. 74–75 )

Trox squalidus Olivier, 1789: 12 (original description).

Trox squalidus : Laporte [de Castelnau] 1840: 107 (catalogue); Harold 1871: 28 (specimens of Bogos [ Eritrea]); Harold 1872: 107 (description, diagnosis); Gerstaecker 1873: 118 (specimens of Zanzibar); Reitter 1892: 150 (diagnosis, key); Arrow 1912: 61 (catalogue); Balthasar 1936: 437 (diagnosis); Paulian 1948: 141 (checklist); Haaf 1954: 373 (description, diagnosis, illustrations); Haaf 1955b: 48 (checklist, key); Frey & Villiers 1971: 137 (specimens of Senegal); Endrödi 1976: 155 (specimens of Ghana); Scholtz 1978: 86 (distribution); Scholtz 1979: 187 (lectotype designation, redescription, key, illustration, distribution).

Trox (Omorgus) squalidus : Scholtz 1980a: 139 (diagnosis, key, illustrations); Scholtz 1980b: 23 (neotype designation, redescription, key, illustration, distribution); Scholtz 1982: 13 (catalogue).

Omorgus (Afromorgus) squalidus Scholtz 1986: 362 (systematics, type species designation); Scholtz 1993: 4 (description of larva); Zidek 2013: 17 (checklist); Coache 2014: 21 (specimens of Senegal); Strümpher et al. 2016: 72 (systematics); Zidek 2017: 108 (checklist).

Trox incultus Fåhraeus, 1857: 377 (original description). Type locality: “Caffraria”. Type depository: Lectotype (female) and one paralectotype at NHRS ( Figs. 76–77 ); other paralectotypes at RBINS and NHMUK. Synonymised by Harold 1872: 108.

Trox incultus : Peringuey 1900: 464 (redescription, illustrations); Arrow 1912: 57 (catalogue); Paulian 1944: 8 (checklist, key).

Trox gonoderus Fairmaire, 1901: 135 (original description). Type locality: “Suberbieville” ( Madagascar). Type depository: Holotype (female) in MNHN ( Figs. 78–79 ). Synonymised by Paulian 1936: 134.

Type depository. Neotype (male) at TMSA ( Figs. 74–75 ).

Type locality. “ Senegal ” .

Distribution. Algeria, Botswana, Burkina Fasso, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauretania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic Democratic Congo, Republic of the Congo, Republic South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somaliland ( Somalia), Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe ( Scholtz 1980b; Schoolmeesters 2023; Král et al. 2023).

Figures

FIGURES 74–75. Omorgus (Afromorgus) squalidus (Olivier, 1789), neotype (TMSA). 74, habitus, dorsal view; 75, labels. Photos by Werner P. Strümpher.

FIGURES 76–77. Trox incultus Fåhraeus, 1857 (= junior synonym of Omorgus (Afromorgus) squalidus (Olivier, 1789)), lectotype (NHRS). 76, habitus, dorsal view; 77, labels. Photos by Olivier Montreuil, copyright MNHN.

FIGURES 78–79. Trox gonoderus Fairmaire, 1901 (= junior synonym of Omorgus (Afromorgus) squalidus (Olivier, 1789)), lectotype (MNHN). 78, habitus, dorsal view; 79, labels.