Omorgus (Afromorgus) guttalis ( Haaf, 1954 )

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 : 35-36

Omorgus (Afromorgus) guttalis ( Haaf, 1954)

( Figs. 26–28 )

Trox guttalis Haaf, 1954: 336 (original description).

Trox guttalis : Brivio 1959: 378 (specimens of Portuguese Guinea [now Guinea-Bissau]).

Trox (Omorgus) guttalis : Scholtz 1980b: 41 (redescription, illustrations, key, distribution); Scholtz 1982: 11 (catalogue).

Afromorgus guttalis : Pittino 2006: 79 (new combination, catalogue); Pittino & Bezdĕk 2016: 54 (catalogue).

Omorgus (Afromorgus) guttalis : Zidek 2013: 11 (checklist); Coache 2014: 20 (specimens of Senegal); Zidek 2017: 101 (checklist).

Type depository. Holotype (male) ( Figs. 26–28 ), and three paratypes at NHMB. An additional three paratypes were located at MNHN. In the original description Haaf (1954) mentioned eight paratypes, but our attempts to locate the remaining two paratypes at other museums were unsuccessful.

Type locality. “Franz. Guinea [ French Guinea (now Guinea), West Africa ]” .

Distribution. Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal ( Haaf 1954; Scholtz 1980b; Pittino 2006).

Figures

FIGURES 26–28. Omorgus (Afromorgus) guttalis (Haaf, 1954), cleaned specimen (TMSA). 26, habitus, dorsal view; 27, aedeagus, dorsal view; 28, labels. Photos by Christoph Germann, copyright NHMB.