Species Omorgus (Omorgus) gigas (Harold, 1872)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trox gigas Harold, E. von 1872. Monographie der Gattung Trox. Coleopterologische Hefte 9: 1-192 [48].

  Type data:

   Holotype Adelaide (as Adelaida), SA.
• Trox castelnaui Lansberge, G. [as J.W.] van 1887. Trogides nouveaux. Notes from the Leyden Museum 9: 199-211 [200].

  Type data:

   Holotype RIB, Australia (as Australie).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Blackburn, T. 1904. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXXIV. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 28: 281-297 [285]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs, W plateau
  • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: necrophagous, terrestrial.

Larva: necrophagous.

 

History of changes

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