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Faustinus rhombifer (Champion, 1905)

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Herbivore; mostly littoral zone, but up to mossy forest; March–June; upper beach soil and litter; recorded feeding on Solanum and the endemic tomato (Lycopersicon cheesmanii Riley), FIT, at lights, pan traps.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Curculionoidea

Family
Curculionidae

Genus
Faustinus

Species
rhombifer

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: Campéon, Española, Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago

References

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, Faustinus rhombifer", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5861. Accessed 7 June 2026.