Omorgus
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Omorgus is a genus
of beetle
s of the Family Trogidae.
Its species occur mostly in Africa
and South America
, although some species are found north up to Canada
, others in Australia
or Asia
.
Only two species are found in Europe
(and neither are endemic): O. italicus is found in Italy
as well as India
and China
, and O. suberosus
occurs in Spain
, but also in the Americas and Australia.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of beetle
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s of the Family Trogidae.
Its species occur mostly in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
, although some species are found north up to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, others in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
or Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
.
Only two species are found in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
(and neither are endemic): O. italicus is found in Italy
Italy
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as well as India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and China
China
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, and O. suberosus
Omorgus suberosus
Omorgus suberosus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
occurs in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, but also in the Americas and Australia.
Species
- Omorgus acinus Scholtz, 1980 (TanzaniaTanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
) - Omorgus alternansOmorgus alternansOmorgus alternans is a beetle of the Family Trogidae. It occurs in Australia....
(MacLeay, 1827) (Australia) - Omorgus amitinus Kolbe, 1904 (KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
) - Omorgus asperOmorgus asperOmorgus asper is a beetle of the Family Trogidae. It occurs in the southern USA and Mexico....
LeConteJohn Lawrence LeConteJohn Lawrence LeConte was the most important American entomologist of the 19th century, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxa known in the United States during his lifetime, including some 5,000 species of beetles...
, 1854 (southern USA, Mexico) - Omorgus asperulatus Harold, 1872 (Southern Africa)
- Omorgus australasiae (Erichson, 1842) (Australia)
- Omorgus baccatus GerstaeckerCarl Eduard Adolph GerstaeckerCarl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker was a German zoologist and entomologist. After studying medicine and natural sciences in Berlin he was, from 1857 to 1876, Curator of the Zoological Museum of Humboldt University...
, 1867 (Kenya, Tanzania) - Omorgus badeni (Harold, 1872) (Brazil, Colombia)
- Omorgus batesi (Harold, 1872) (Argentina, Brazil)
- Omorgus birmanicus Arrow, 1927 (Southeast Asia)
- Omorgus borgognoi Marchand, 1902 (Mauretania, Mali, Chad)
- Omorgus borrei (Harold, 1872) (Uruguay, Argentina)
- Omorgus brucki Harold, 1872 (Australia)
- Omorgus candezei Harold, 1872 (Argentina)
- Omorgus capillaceus Scholtz, 1990 (Colombia)
- Omorgus carinatusOmorgus carinatusOmorgus carinatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
Loomis, 1922 (Southern USA to Mexico) - Omorgus ciliatus (BlanchardÉmile BlanchardCharles Émile Blanchard was a French zoologist and entomologist.Blanchard was born in Paris. His father was an artist and naturalist and Émile began natural history very early in life. When he was 14 years old, Jean Victoire Audouin , allowed him access to the laboratory of the Muséum national...
, 1846) - Omorgus consanguineus Peringuey, 1901 (DR CongoDemocratic Republic of the CongoThe Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
, ZimbabweZimbabweZimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
, NamibiaNamibiaNamibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
) - Omorgus costatusOmorgus costatusOmorgus costatus is a species of beetle of the Family Trogidae that occurs in Australia, Tasmania, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Vietnam, Java, India and China....
(WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann , was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist...
, 1823) (Australia to India and China) - Omorgus crotchi Harold, 1871 (Australia)
- Omorgus denticulatus (OlivierGuillaume-Antoine OlivierGuillaume-Antoine Olivier was a French entomologist.He was the author of Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Insectes and Le Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse . He was a close friend of Johan Christian Fabricius and a patron of Pierre André Latreille.-References:...
, 1789) (Africa) - Omorgus desertorum Harold, 1872 (Madagascar, Egypt, Arabia)
- Omorgus discedens Haaf, 1954 (Somalia, Tanzania)
- Omorgus elevatus Harold, 1872 (Angola, Namibia)
- Omorgus endroedyi Scholtz, 1979 (Namibia, Angola)
- Omorgus expansus Arrow, 1900 (Somalia)
- Omorgus eyrensis BlackburnThomas Blackburn (entomologist)Thomas Blackburn was an English-born Australian entomologist who specialized in the study of beetles.Born near Liverpool, England, Blackburn became interested in entomology in his youth...
, 1904 (Australia) - Omorgus foveolatus BohemanCarl Henrik BohemanCarl Henrik Boheman was a Swedish entomologist.Boheman studied at Lund University and trained as an officer, participating in the invasion of Norway in 1814...
, 1860 (Madagascar, Namibia) - Omorgus freyi Haaf, 1954 (Southern Africa)
- Omorgus fuliginosusOmorgus fuliginosusOmorgus fuliginosus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae. It occurs in Texas, Mexico, El Salvador and Costa Rica.-References:* Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist -...
Robinson, 1941 (Costa Rica to Texas) - Omorgus funestus Lansberge, 1886 (Angola)
- Omorgus gemmatus (Olivier, 1789) (Africa, Arabia)
- Omorgus glaber Scholtz, 1980 (Tanzania) (= Afromorgus lindemannae)
- Omorgus granulatusOmorgus granulatusOmorgus granulatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae. It occurs in India and Sri Lanka....
(HerbstJohann Friedrich Wilhelm HerbstJohann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst was a German naturalist and entomologist from Petershagen, Minden-Ravensberg....
, 1783) (India, Sri Lanka) - Omorgus guttalis Haaf, 1954 (Africa)
- Omorgus inclusus Walker, 1858 (Sri Lanka to China)
- Omorgus indicus Harold, 1872 (India, Thailand, China)
- Omorgus indigenus Scholtz, 1990 (Galapagos:Española IslandEspañola IslandEspañola Island is part of the Galápagos Islands. The English named it Hood Island after Viscount Samuel Hood. It is located in the extreme southeast of the archipelago and is considered, along with Santa Fe, one of the oldest, at approximately four million years...
) - Omorgus inflatusOmorgus inflatusOmorgus inflatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
Loomis, 1922 (Arizona, Texas, Mexico) - Omorgus insignicollis Blackburn, 1896 (Australia)
- Omorgus insignis Haaf, 1954 (Namibia, Angola)
- Omorgus italicus Reiche, 1853 (Italy, India, China)
- Omorgus litigiosusOmorgus litigiosusOmorgus litigiosus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
- Omorgus lobicollis Arrow, 1927 (southern BurmaTanintharyi DivisionTanintharyi Region , is an administrative region of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the Kra Isthmus. It borders with the Andaman Sea to the west and with the Tenasserim Hills, beyond which lies Thailand, to the east. To the north is the Mon State. The capital of...
) - Omorgus loxusOmorgus loxusOmorgus loxus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
Vaurie, 1955 (Brazil to Mexico) - Omorgus lugubris Haaf, 1954 (Kenya, Tanzania)
- Omorgus melancholicus (FahraeusOlof Immanuel von FåhraeusOlof Immanuel Fåhraeus , was a Swedish politician and entomologist mainly interested in Coleoptera....
, 1857) (Madagascar, Africa) - Omorgus mentitor Blackburn, 1896 (Australia)
- Omorgus mictlensis Deloya, 1995 (Mexico)
- Omorgus mollis Arrow, 1927 (Indonesia, Malaysia)
- Omorgus monachusOmorgus monachusOmorgus monachus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
(Herbst, 1790) (Mexico, Southern USA) - Omorgus mutabilis Haaf, 1954 (Africa)
- Omorgus nanningensis Pittino, 2005 (China)
- Omorgus niloticus Harold, 1872 (Africa)
- Omorgus nocheles Scholtz, 1990 (Argentina)
- Omorgus nodicollis Macleay, 1888 (Western Australia)
- Omorgus nodosusOmorgus nodosusOmorgus nodosus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
(Robinson, 1940) (Texas) - Omorgus nomadicus Scholtz, 1980 (Saudi Arabia)
- Omorgus obesus Scholtz, 1980 (Africa)
- Omorgus omacanthus Harold, 1872 (India)
- Omorgus pauliani Haaf, 1954 (Laos, Vietnam)
- Omorgus persuberosus Vaurie, 1962 (South America)
- Omorgus peruanus Erichson, 1847 (South America) (=Polynoncus peruanus)
- Omorgus ponderosus Peringuey, 1901 (Africa)
- Omorgus principalis Haaf, 1954 (Africa)
- Omorgus procerus Harold, 1872 (Africa, Arabia)
- Omorgus punctatusOmorgus punctatusOmorgus punctatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
(GermarErnst Friedrich GermarErnst Friedrich Germar was a German professor and director of the Mineralogical Museum at Halle. As well as being a mineralogist he was interested in entomology and particularly in the Coleoptera and Hemiptera. He monographed the heteropteran family Scutelleridae.Amongst Germar’s publications...
, 1824) (Mexico to Southern USA) - Omorgus quadridensOmorgus quadridensOmorgus quadridens is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
- Omorgus radula (Erichson, 1843) (Africa)
- Omorgus rodriguezae Deloya, 2005 (Mexico)
- Omorgus rubricansOmorgus rubricansOmorgus rubricans is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
(Robinson, 1946) (Texas, Mexico) - Omorgus rusticus Fahraeus, 1857 (Africa)
- Omorgus scabrosusOmorgus scabrosusOmorgus scabrosus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
(Palisot de BeauvoisPalisot de BeauvoisAmbroise Marie François Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois 27 July 1752 Arras - 21 January 1820 Paris, was a French naturalist.Palisot collected insects in Oware, Benin, Saint Domingue, and the United States, during the period 1786 – 1797. Trained as a botanist, Palisot published a significant...
, 1818) (Canada to southern USA) - Omorgus scutellarisOmorgus scutellarisOmorgus scutellaris is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
(SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1823) (Southern USA to Mexico) - Omorgus senegalensis Scholtz, 1983 (Senegal)
- Omorgus spatulatus Vaurie, 1962 (Argentina)
- Omorgus squalidusOmorgus squalidusOmorgus squalidus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
(Africa, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia) - Omorgus squamosusOmorgus squamosusOmorgus squamosus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
- Omorgus stellatusOmorgus stellatusOmorgus stellatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
- Omorgus subcarinatusOmorgus subcarinatusOmorgus subcarinatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
(MacLeay, 1864) (Australia, New Guinea) - Omorgus suberosusOmorgus suberosusOmorgus suberosus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
(FabriciusJohan Christian FabriciusJohan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...
, 1775) (Spain, southern USA to South America, Australia) - Omorgus tessellatusOmorgus tessellatusOmorgus tessellatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
LeConte, 1854 (Mexico) - Omorgus testudo Arrow, 1927 (southern BurmaTanintharyi DivisionTanintharyi Region , is an administrative region of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the Kra Isthmus. It borders with the Andaman Sea to the west and with the Tenasserim Hills, beyond which lies Thailand, to the east. To the north is the Mon State. The capital of...
) - Omorgus texanusOmorgus texanusOmorgus texanus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
LeConte, 1854 (Texas) - Omorgus tomentosusOmorgus tomentosusOmorgus tomentosus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
(Robinson, 1941) (Mexico) - Omorgus tuberosus KlugJohann Christoph Friedrich KlugJohann Christoph Friedrich Klug was a German entomologist born 5 May 1775 in Berlin and died 3 February 1856 in the same city.He described the butterflies and some other insects of Upper Egypt and Arabia in Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg and Wilhelm Friedrich Hemprich's Symbolæ Physicæ...
, 1855 (Africa) - Omorgus tytusOmorgus tytusOmorgus tytus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
(Robinson, 1941) (USA) - Omorgus umbonatusOmorgus umbonatusOmorgus umbonatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
LeConte, 1854 (Texas) - Omorgus unguicularis Haaf, 1954 (Africa)
- Omorgus varicosus (Erichson, 1843) (Angola)
- Omorgus villosusOmorgus villosusOmorgus villosus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
- Omorgus wittei Haaf, 1955 (Africa)
- Omorgus zumpti Haaf, 1957 (Africa)