Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Dallasiellus murinus (Van Duzee, 1933)

Phytophagous on plant roots; littoral to pampa and agriculture zone; at lights, in litter, in cave; January-December.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Heteroptera

Superfamily
Pentatomoidea

Family
Cydnidae

Section
Geotomini

Genus
Dallasiellus

Species
murinus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
  • Froeschner, R.C. (1968) Burrower bugs from the Galápagos Islands collected by the 1964 Expedition of the Galápagos Scientific Project (Hemiptera: Cydnidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 70(2): 192.
  • Froeschner, R.C. (1985) Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 407: 1-84.
  • 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.
  • Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
  • Peck, S.B. Kukalova-Peck J. (1986) Preliminary summary of the subterranean fauna of the galapagos islands, Ecuador. Part II. The insects, evolution, and biogeography. Proc. 9th Intnl. Congr. Speleology, Barcelona 2: 166-169.

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