Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Omorgus indigenus
escarabajo
Littoral and arid zones; in carrion traps in Prosopis grove at beach, in litter, at lights; March–July.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Scarabaeoidea
Family
Trogidae
Genus
Omorgus
Species
indigenus
Taxon category: Accepted
This species probably descended from an ancestor of O. suberosus.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española
- Peck, S.B. (2006) The Beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera) NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 314 pp.
- Scholtz, C.H. (1990) Revision of the Trogidae of South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Journal of Natural History 24(6): 1391-1456.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Omorgus indigenus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11530. Accessed 5 June 2026.