Galapagos Species Database

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Acanthoscelides machala Johnson, 1990

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Chrysomeloidea

Family
Chrysomelidae

Section
Acanthoscelidini

Genus
Acanthoscelides

Species
machala

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz Island, Puerto Ayora

References

  • Amarillo-Suarez Angela R.,Camacho-Erazo, Mariana, Morse, Geoffrey, Rueda, Danny, and Herrera, Henri W. (2020) New Distribution Records and Host Plant Associations of Bruchinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the Galapagos Islands, with a Revised Checklist of Species and their Associated Host Plants The Coleopterists Bulletin, 74(4): 719–723.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Acanthoscelides machala", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18965. Accessed 1 November 2026.