Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cryptorama joannae
escarabajo
Scavenger in dry wood or plant matter?; arid and transition zones; January–July, December; at lights, beating, sweeping, soil washing, malaise, FIT.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Bostrichoidea
Family
Anobiidae
Section
Tricorynini
Genus
Cryptorama
Species
joannae
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Darwin, Española, Genovesa, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Wolf
- Español F. (1976) Coleopteros Anobiidae de las îslas Galápagos. Mission Zoologique Belge aux iles Galápagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leieup, 1964-1965) 3: 293-314.
- 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, Cryptorama joannae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11598. Accessed 3 November 2026.