Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Neoryctes galapagoensis
escarabajo, Scarab beetles
Herbivore, on humus or plant roots?; humid forest and pampa zones; April, June.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Scarabaeoidea
Family
Scarabaeidae
Section
Oryctini
Genus
Neoryctes
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Oryctes galapagoensis G.R. Waterhouse, 1845, Parapseudoryctes galapagoensis (G.R. Waterhouse, 1845), fide Peck (2006)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santiago
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- Lopez-Garcia, M. M. Gasca-Alvarez, H. J., Cave, R. D., & Amat-Garcia, G. (2016) An annotated checklist of the New World pentodontine scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini). Zootaxa, 4170(3), 491-509.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Neoryctes galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11536. Accessed 21 August 2025.