Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Xyonysius naso
Chinche de la semilla, Seed bugs, milkweed bugs
Phytophagous seed predator?; arid to evergreen shrub zones; host plants: Scalesia affinis, S. gummifera, S. helleri; May-July.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Heteroptera
Superfamily
Lygaeoidea
Family
Lygaeidae
Section
Metrargini
Genus
Xyonysius
Species
naso
Taxon category: Accepted
The closest relative to this species sems to be Xyonysius acticola Baranowski and Slater (1997) of the Turks and Caicos Islands, at the southern end of the Bahamas Island group.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Pinzon, Santa Cruz, and Santa Fe.
- Ashlock, P.D. (1972) The Lygaeidae of the Galápagos Islands (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Forth Series 39(8): 87-103.
- Froeschner, R.C. (1985) Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 407: 1-84.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- 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, Xyonysius naso", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11217. Accessed 2 November 2026.