Species Omadius prasinus (Westwood, 1853)

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• Clerus (Omadius) prasinus Westwood, J.O. 1853. Descriptions of new species of Cleridae, from Asia, Africa and Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 20: 34-55 [53].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM 1668, QLD, Moreton Bay
  Comment: Mawdsley (2006) erroneously refers to this syntype as the holotype and gives the type locality as Cape York.
• Omadius griseovirescens Kuwert, A. 1894. Revision der cleridengattung Omadius Lap. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 38: 62-97 [80] [subjective synonym].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP, QLD, Cape York.
  Paralectotype(s) MNHP (1), ACT, Canberra; MNHP (2), Australia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Mawdsley, J.R. 2006. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and cladistic biogeography of the genus Omadius (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleridae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 34(4): 1–98.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mawdsley, J.R. 2006. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and cladistic biogeography of the genus Omadius (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleridae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 34(4): 1–98

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Reid, C.A.M., Shaw, J.J. & Jensen, A.R. 2018. The Australian Museum Lord Howe Island Expedition 2017—Coleoptera. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 26: 53-67 [62] (ecology and distribution notes)

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