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Araptus franzi Bright & Peck, 1998

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Araptus franzi Los Gemelos, Santa Cruz Island. Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024. — *Araptus franzi* Los Gemelos, Santa Cruz Island. Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.

Herbivore, in wood; arid and transition zones; March–May; FITs.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Curculionoidea

Family
Curculionidae

Section
Dryocoetini

Genus
Araptus

Species
franzi

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Fernandina, Isabela, Pinta, Santa Cruz

References

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, Araptus franzi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12098. Accessed 3 November 2026.