Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Caccodes oceaniae
escarabajo
Larvae predatory, adults predator or herbivore (on pollen and nectar)?; arid (brackish meadow) to evergreen shrub zones; malaise trap, FIT, at lights; February–March, June.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Elateroidea
Family
Cantharidae
Section
Malathinini
Genus
Caccodes
Species
oceaniae
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz
- Bourgeois, J. (1884) Cébrionides, Dascillides, Malacodermes. In: Fauvel CAA, editor. 1884. Faune gallorhénane ou species des insects que habitant la France, la Belgique, la Hollande, le Luxenbourg, la Prusse Rhénane, le Nassau et le Valais. Tome IV [1884–1894], Coléoptères. Caen: Imprimerie F. Le Blanc-Hardel. p. 1–208.
- 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.
- Wittmer, W. Peck, S.B. (1993) Cantharidae and Malachiidae of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 47(1): 77-81.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Caccodes oceaniae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5636. Accessed 1 November 2026.