Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Estoloides galapagoensis
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Scavenger; arid to humid forest zones; all months except July; at UV lights. Host plants: Bursera graveolens (HBK.) Trian. & Planch., Scalesia gummifera, S. affinis.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Chrysomeloidea
Family
Cerambycidae
Section
Desmiphorini
Genus
Estoloides
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Estola galapagoensis Blair, 1933, fide Peck (2006)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Baltra, Fernandina, Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago, Seymour
- Blair, K.G. (1933) Further Coleoptera from the Galapagos Archipelago. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, 11: 471-487.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- 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. Chemsak, J.A. (1966) Cerambycidae of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th ser., 33(8): 197-235.
- Linsley, E.G. Chemsak, J.A. (1976) XXXI. Galapagos Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Mission zoologique belge aux iles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964-1965) 3: 315-322.
- Mutchler, A.J. (1938) Coleoptera from the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 981: 1-19.
- Parkin, P. Parkin D.T., Ewing, A.W. & Ford, H.A. (1972) A report on the arthropods collected by the Edinburgh University Galapagos Islands Expedition, 1968. The Pan-pacific Entomologist 48: 100-107.
- 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, Estoloides galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5841. Accessed 8 May 2026.