Omorgus monteithi
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Trogidae
Subfamilia: Troginae
Genus: Omorgus
Subgenus: Omorgus (Omorgus)
Species: Omorgus monteithi
Name
edit- Omorgus monteithi Scholtz, 1986
- Authority for current placement: original
- undisputed by all subsequent authorities
- Incorrect original combination: Trox monteithi
- Original genus: Omorgus Erichson, 1847
- Original status: valid species
- Primary type: holotype
- Fixation: designated
- Description: [adult] male
- Repository: QM
- Type locality: 'Lower Dry Ck, Kroombit Tops, 45 km SSW. Calliope, Queensland'
- NOTE: Having described this species (and others) in genus Trox subgenus Omorgus, Scholtz (1986: 1 fn) added as a postscript that 'in a recent paper (Scholtz 1986) the subgenus Omorgus Erichson was elevated to genus. Consequently, all native Australasian species belong to Omorgus'. I therefore consider that the correct original combination is with Omorgus, not Trox.
- Authority for current placement: original
References
edit- Scholtz, C.H. 1986: Revision of the genus Trox Fabricius (Coleoptera: Trogidae) of the Australasian Region. Australian journal of zoology, supplementary series, ( 125 ) DOI: 10.1071/AJZS125