Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Olla hageni
Mariquita, Ladybird beetle
Predator on aphids; arid to pampa zones; January–September; beating, malaise, FIT, pit traps, at lights.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Cucujoidea
Family
Coccinellidae
Section
Coccinellini
Genus
Olla
Species
hageni
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Olla abdominalis Say, 1824, fide Peck (2006). The Galápagos species is most closely related to O. v-nigrum (Mulsant), which is widespread throughout most of North, Central, and South America and the West Indies. Hybrids between O. v-nigrum from California and O. hageni from Santa Cruz died in their egg shells (Vandenburg 1992).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz, Santiago
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Mutchler, A.J. (1938) Coleoptera from the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 981: 1-19.
- 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.
- Van Dyke, E.C. (1953) The Coleoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 22: 1-181.
- Vandenberg, N.J. (1992) Revision of the New World lady beetles of the genus Olla and description of a new allied genus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 85: 370–392.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Olla hageni", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6722. Accessed 3 November 2026.