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Allecula insularis Van Dyke, 1953

Escarabajo tenebriónido, Darkling beetle

Allecula insularis Santa Cruz Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 9030). Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.
Allecula insularis Santa Cruz Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 9030). Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.

Larvae scavengers in wood, adults herbivores; littoral to humid forest zones; January–June, August; at lights and by beating vegetation, malaise, FIT, pit traps.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Tenebrionoidea

Family
Tenebrionidae

Section
Alleculini

Genus
Allecula

Species
insularis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, Santa Cruz

References

  • Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
  • 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.
  • 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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