Omorgus mollis (Arrow, 1927)

Strümpher, Werner P. & Stals, Riaan, 2025, A world list of known cave- and bat guano-associated Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), and further range extension of Omorgus lindemannae (Petrovitz), Faunitaxys 13 (9), pp. 1-11 : 5

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.57800/faunitaxys-13(09)

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F1BD81DF-701C-4C72-9ECE-BADB5679470F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15366083

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/873C87B0-C930-FFC5-FEBC-FA1A10C402E5

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Felipe

scientific name

Omorgus mollis (Arrow, 1927)
status

 

Omorgus mollis (Arrow, 1927) View in CoL

MALAYSIA; INDONESIA. All specimens of Omorgus mollis available or known to Scholtz (1986b) were collected in bat guano in hollow trees. If this observational pattern persists, Omorgus mollis may uniquely be a non-cavernicolous bat-guanobiont. Presently this seems to be an unlikely life history style—more field observations and collecting of this rare species are required, as well as an open mind that Nature contains secrets which are unlikely but—in fact—true.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Trogidae

Genus

Omorgus

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