Barrow Island Hide Beetle
Omorgus
FP-1724 (BWI sp. 1)
Discoverer: C. Brumley (2014)
Fauna Portal species: 1724
Omorgus FP-1724, dorsal (HBI N25545-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: F. Bokhari (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 7694Diagnosis
This species possesses a small tubercule on the anterior medial portion of the lateral pronotal flange, as well as having a recurved section of the pronotum, where it meets the elytra.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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