Afromorgus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Trogidae
Subfamilia: Troginae
Genus: Afromorgus
Species (30): A. bayoni – A. benadirensis – A. chinensis – A. denticulatus – A. drumonti – A. fenestrellus – A. frater – A. gemmatus – A. genieri – A. granulatus – A. guttalis – A. haagi – A. inclusus – A. indicus – A. inermis – A. italicus – A. lindemannae – A. maindroni – A. maissouri – A. melancholicus – A. niloticus – A. omacanthus – A. pauliani – A. procerus – A. reiterorum – A. satorui – A. squalidus – A. testudo – A. verrucosus – A. zumpti

[sources: Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist, Pittino (2011), plus (1) A. reiterorum
]
Name

Afromorgus Scholtz, 1986
Gender: [masculine]
Original status: valid subgenus of Omorgus Erichson, 1847
Type species: Trox squalidus Olivier, 1789
Fixation: original designation [p. 362] [and monotypy]

References

Kawai, S. 2006: A new species of the genus Omorgus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera, Trogidae) from South Africa. Kogane, (7): 1–4. [not seen]
Pittino, R. 2005: Four new Asian species of the genus Omorgus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Trogidae). Kogane, (6): 71–79. [Publication date: 'Jul. 2005', sourced from first page of article]
Pittino, R. 2006: Trogidae. Pp. 26-28, 79-81 in: Löbl I. & Smetana A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 3 Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup. [not seen]
Pittino, R. 2011: The Afrotropical species of the genus Afromorgus Scholtz, 1986 1st note: A. melancholicus (Fahraeus, 1857) and its closest relatives (Coleoptera Trogidae). Giornale italiano di entomologia, 12: 395–412. [Publication date: 'May 2011', sourced from first page of article]
Scholtz, C.H. 1986: Phylogeny and systematics of the Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Systematic entomology, 11(3): 355–363. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1986.tb00186.x
Scholtz, C.H. 1991: A new species of Omorgus Erichson (Coleoptera: Trogidae) from West Africa. Coleopterists bulletin, 45(2): 112–114. JSTOR

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