Species Omorgus (Omorgus) candidus (Harold, 1872)

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Species Omorgus (Omorgus) candidus (Harold, 1872)

Trox candidus Harold, E. von 1872. Monographie der Gattung Trox. Coleopterologische Hefte 9: 1-192 [98] [Scholtz did not designate a type locality from the three localities given in the original description].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP, Bowen (as Port Denison), Rockhampton, and Lizard Is. (as Lizard-Inseln), QLD.
Paralectotype(s) AM 7 specimens.
Subsequent designation references:
Scholtz, C.H. 1986. Revision of the genus Trox Fabricius (Coleoptera: Trogidae) of the Australasian Region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 125: 1-99 [28].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
- Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: necrophagous, terrestrial.

Larva: necrophagous.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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