Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cryptolestes klapperichi
escarabajo, Beetle
Fungivore?; “wild caught” in Africa, West Indies, and Galápagos; littoral to transition zones; February–June; FIT.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Cucujoidea
Family
Laemophloeidae
Genus
Cryptolestes
Species
klapperichi
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: Española, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, San Cristóbal
- Lefkovitch, L. (1962) First records and a new species of Cryptolestes Ganglbauer (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) from Afghanistan. Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 54: 287–288.
- 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.
- 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. 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. (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, Cryptolestes klapperichi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5755. Accessed 5 November 2026.