Species Omorgus (Omorgus) alternans (W.S. Macleay, 1826)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trox alternans Macleay, W.S. 1826. Annulosa. Catalogue of insects collected by Captain King, R.N. pp. 438-457 in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [publication date 15 April 1826 Common, I.F.B. & Moulds, M.S. 1973. The date of publication of Captain King's narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 6: 257–259 ("an initial small issue was published in the first half of 1826 and a second much larger issue in 1827")] [439].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC(MMUS), WA.
• Trox australasiae Germar, E.F. 1848. Beiträge zur Insektenfauna von Adelaide. Linnaea Entomologica 3: 153-247 [189] [junior homonym of Trox australasiae Erichson, 1842].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, Adelaide, SA.
• Trox litigiosus Harold, E. von 1872. Monographie der Gattung Trox. Coleopterologische Hefte 9: 1-192 [88].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP, Gawler, SA (as Gawlertown, Adelaida, Südaustralien).

  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 [46].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [46]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: S Gulfs, W plateau
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

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)