Galapagos Species Database
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Aegomorphus galapagoensis galapagoensis
Escarabajo
Scavenger; arid to evergreen shrub zones; February–March; malaise and FIT.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Chrysomeloidea
Family
Cerambycidae
Genus
Aegomorphus
Species
galapagoensis
Subspecies
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Acanthoderes galapagoensis galapagoensis Linell, 1898;
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: San Cristóbal
- Linell, M.L. (1898) On the coleopterous insects of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 21(1143): 249-268.
- Santos-Silva, A., Botero, J. P., & Wappes, J. E. (2020) Neotropical Acanthoderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae): Synonymies and new status in some genera, new species, transferences and new distributional records. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 60.
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