Omorgus alatus

Omorgus alatus (Macleay, 1888) AUSTRALIA: WESTERN AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY. There are records from various caves (Moulds, 2004; Scholtz, 1986b). Four of the seven Omorgus alatus specimens available to Scholtz (1986b) originated from caves or rock shelters, leading him to speculate that this species may have adapted to life in sheltered situations, thus relieving the beetles from the necessity to burrow into soil for protection. Hamilton-Smith et al. (1989: 20) concluded that this “ extremely rare ” species seems to be “ more or less confined to cave environments,” while Moulds (2004) classified it as a troglophile and perhaps a guanophile.