Galapagos Species Database
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Tenuisvalvae bromelicola
Mariquita, Ladybird Beetle
Elytra are black with four yellow spots.
This species can be found in urban green areas and deciduous forests. Predator on scale insects?; arid to pampa zones; January–July; FIT, beating, sweeping, UV light.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Cucujoidea
Family
Coccinellidae
Section
Hyperaspidini
Genus
Tenuisvalvae
Species
bromelicola
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Hyperaspis bromelicola Sicard, 1925; A species with high variability in the size and position of the light-whitish and dark areas on the head, prothorax, and elytra.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Genovesa, Isabela, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Santiago
- Peñaherrera-Romero, E. Guerrero-Campoverde, A., Rueda-Rodríguez, M.P., Dávila-Játiva, M., Die-Morejón, D., Domínguez-Trujillo, M., Guerrero-Molina, T.,Vélez-Darquea, E., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F (2024) Ladybird Beetle Diversity in Natural and Human-Modified Habitats in the San Cristóbal Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. Insects, 15, 725. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15090725
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"Galapagos Species Database, Tenuisvalvae bromelicola", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25463. Accessed 12 May 2025.