Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Coccotrypes carpophagus
escarabajo
Herbivore, in wood; transition zone; February, FITs. The species occurs in large nuts and seeds of many tree species, and was probably introduced this way.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Curculionoidea
Family
Curculionidae
Section
Dryocoetini
Genus
Coccotrypes
Species
carpophagus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1989
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Food contaminant
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: San Cristobal
- 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.
- Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
- Bright, D.E. Peck, S.B. (1998) Scolytidae from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, with Descriptions of Four New Species, New Distribution Records, and a Key to Species (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Koleopterol. Rundschau 68: 233-252.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Coccotrypes carpophagus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12088. Accessed 6 May 2025.