Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Metacanthus tenellus
Chinche zancudo, Stilt-legged Bug
Probably phytophagous on plant sap, or predator on soft-bodies insects. Found in arid, humid forest, and agriculture zones; on Datura; March-July.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Heteroptera
Superfamily
Lygaeoidea
Family
Berytidae
Genus
Metacanthus
Species
tenellus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Metacanthus galapagensis Barber, 1934; Syn.: Metacanthus galapagensis, Jalysus (Metacanthus) tenellus
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Santa Cruz, San Cristobal
- Froeschner, R.C. (1985) Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 407: 1-84.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Metacanthus tenellus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11213. Accessed 11 May 2026.