Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Calymmaderus georgicus
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Scavenger in dry wood or plant matter; arid and transition zones; January–November; beating vegetation, malaise, FIT, at lights, bottle traps.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Bostrichoidea
Family
Anobiidae
Section
Calymmaderini
Genus
Calymmaderus
Species
georgicus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Eupactus georgicus Blair, 1928, fide Peck (2006)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, Pinta, Santa Cruz
- 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.
- Español F. (1976) Coleopteros Anobiidae de las îslas Galápagos. Mission Zoologique Belge aux iles Galápagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leieup, 1964-1965) 3: 293-314.
- 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, Calymmaderus georgicus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5647. Accessed 31 October 2026.