Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hypothenemus crudiae
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Herbivore, in wood; transition zone, February; FIT and in frass under bark.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Curculionoidea
Family
Curculionidae
Section
Dryocoetini
Genus
Hypothenemus
Species
crudiae
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz
- 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.
- 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, Hypothenemus crudiae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12093. Accessed 3 November 2026.