Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Neoryctes galapagoensis (G.R. Waterhouse, 1845)

escarabajo, Scarab beetles

Herbivore, on humus or plant roots?; humid forest and pampa zones; April, June.

Taxonomy

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

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Santiago

References

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Van Dyke, E.C. (1953) The Coleoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 22: 1-181.
  • Cook, J. Howden, H.F. & Peck, S.B. (1995) The Galápagos Islands genus Neoryctes Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Canadian Entomologist 127: 177-193.
  • Mutchler, A.J. (1925) Coleoptera. From the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(20): 219-240.
  • Linell, M.L. (1898) On the coleopterous insects of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 21(1143): 249-268.
  • Mutchler, A.J. (1938) Coleoptera from the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 981: 1-19.
  • Waterhouse, G.R. (1845) Descriptions of coleopterous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., in the Galapagos Islands. Ann. Nat. Hist. 16: 19-41.
  • Decelle J. (1976) XXVIII. Dynastinae (Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea Melolonthidae) Recoltes aux îles galapagos par N. et j. leleup Mission zoologique belge aux îles Galapagos et en Ecuador Volume III
  • 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.