Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Acanthoscelides fuscomaculatus
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Herbivore; arid to pampa zones; January–August; sweeping and at lights; host plant unknown but larvae of the genus feed in large seeds of nine plant families but usually prefer Papilionoideae legumes (Johnson 1983).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Chrysomeloidea
Family
Chrysomelidae
Section
Acanthoscelidini
Genus
Acanthoscelides
Species
fuscomaculatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Bruchus fuscomaculatus Blair, 1928, fide Peck (2006)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Isabela, Santiago, Santa Cruz
- 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.
- Blair, K.G. (1928) Coleoptera (Heteromera, Teredilia, Malacodermata, and Bruchidae) from the Galapagos Islands, collected on the 'St. George' Expedition, 1924. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, 1: 671-680.
- Decelle J. (1976) XXXII. Bruchidae (Coleoptera Chrysomeloidea) Recoltes aux îles galapagos par n. et j. leleup Mission zoologique belge aux îles Galapagos et en Ecuador Volume III
- Kingsolver, J.M. Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. (2001) Bruchidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Galápagos Islands with new host and locality records, new synonyms, and descriptions of two new species. Insecta Mundi 15: 19–30.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Mutchler, A.J. (1938) Coleoptera from the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 981: 1-19.
- 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.
- Van Dyke, E.C. (1953) The Coleoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 22: 1-181.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Acanthoscelides fuscomaculatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5484. Accessed 24 June 2026.