ColeopteraAmarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Digitonthophagus gazella Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Johannica gemellata (Pandorea Leaf Beetle) Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Neospades sp Lycidae Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Pittosporum Leaf Beetle (Lamprolina impressicollis) Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
A widespread genus, Omorgus is in the family Trogidae, found across Australia from temperate coastal, tropical rainforest and arid desert region.
The genus is found worldwide, with three subgenera, Omorgus (Afromorgus), Omorgus (Haroldomorgus) and Omorgus (Omorgus), with 140 species currently recognised.5,6
The Omorgus beetles, also commonly known as the Carcass Beetle, vary in size between 9-20 mm long.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
- Family: Trogidae
- Genus: Omorgus
- Subgenus:
- Afromorgus Scholtz, 1986
- Haroldomorgus Scholtz, 1986
- Omorgus Erichson, 1847
Footnote & References
- Photographs, Omorgus © Deb Taylor
- Omorgus Erichson, 1847, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/6e3edacc-cb12-4018-9f1d-3a268c6658ae
- Carcass Beetles (Genus Omorgus), debtaylor142, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/136076586
- Trogidae, Carcass Beetles, CSIRO, https://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/coleoptera_families/trogidae.html
- Phylogeny and systematics of the Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), author Clarke Scholtz, January 2008, University of Pretoria, ResearchGate, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229470176_Phylogeny_and_systematics_of_the_Trogidae_Coleoptera_Scarabaeoidea
- Omorgus, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omorgus
ColeopteraAmarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Digitonthophagus gazella Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Johannica gemellata (Pandorea Leaf Beetle) Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Neospades sp Lycidae Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Pittosporum Leaf Beetle (Lamprolina impressicollis) Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
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