Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Araecerus fasciculatus
Escarabajo, Coffee bean weevil
Herbivore (on dried plant materials and stored products); littoral to humid forest zones; February–July; FIT, malaise, sweeping, beating burned trees, UV light, reared from pods of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC., and Cassia bicapsularis L.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Curculionoidea
Family
Anthribidae
Section
Araecerini
Genus
Araecerus
Species
fasciculatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1985
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Food contaminant
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz
- 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.
- Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
- Peck, S.B. Kukalová-Peck, J. (1990) Origin and biogeography of the beetles (Coleoptera) of the Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Can. J. Zool. 68(8): 1617-1638.
- Peck, S.B. (1996) Origin and development of an insect fauna on a remote archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. In: Keast A., Miller S.E. (eds.): The origin and evolution of Pacific Island biotas, New Guinea to eastern Polynesia: patterns and processes. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, p. 91-122.
- De Geer, C. (1775) Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes, Tome cinquième. Stockholm: Pierre Hesselberg.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Araecerus fasciculatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5549. Accessed 12 February 2025.