Galapagos Species Database
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Ataenius cavagnaroi
escarabajo
The species has dimorphic wings, with upper elevation populations with smaller and seeemingly non-functioning hind (flight) wings.
Scavenger, on dung or humus; arid to pampa zones; February–April, September; in cow and horse dung, at lights, in baited traps, litter.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Scarabaeoidea
Family
Scarabaeidae
Section
Eupariini
Genus
Ataenius
Species
cavagnaroi
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Isabela
- Cook, J. Peck S.B. (2000) Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Galápagos Islands. The Canadian Entomologist 132: 281-300.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ataenius cavagnaroi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5569. Accessed 5 November 2026.