Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cycrillum strigicolle
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Scavenger; transition to pampa zone; February–May; in dung of horses and tortoises, FIT.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Hydrophiloidea
Family
Hydrophilidae
Section
Megasternini
Genus
Cycrillum
Species
strigicolle
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz
- Peck, S.B. (1993) New beetle records from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (Coleoptera). Coleopterists Bull. 47(2): 151-157.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cycrillum strigicolle", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11303. Accessed 1 November 2026.