Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Polynoncus galapagoensis
escarabajo
Flightless.
Scavenger on dry animal tissue; littoral and arid zones; May, September.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Scarabaeoidea
Family
Trogidae
Genus
Polynoncus
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Trox galapagoensis Van Dyke, 1953, fide Peck (2006); Santa Cruz and Santiago records of Franz are erroneous and represent P. seymourensis and P. suberosus. This species probably descended from an ancestor of P. seymourensis.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Darwin, Wolf
- Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- 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.
- Scholtz, C.H. (1990) Revision of the Trogidae of South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Journal of Natural History 24(6): 1391-1456.
- Van Dyke, E.C. (1953) The Coleoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 22: 1-181.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Polynoncus galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11532. Accessed 31 October 2026.