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Galapaganus ashlocki Lanteri, 1992

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Galapaganus ashlocki Santa Cruz Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 10228) Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.
Galapaganus ashlocki Santa Cruz Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 10228) Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.

Herbivore, transition to evergreen scrub and pampa zones; April–June; pit traps, FIT, malaise.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Curculionoidea

Family
Curculionidae

Section
Naupactini

Genus
Galapaganus

Species
ashlocki

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

  • Lanteri, A.A. (2001) Biogeografía de las Islas Galápagos: Principales aportes de los estudios filogenéticos. Introducción a la Biogeografia en Latinoamérica: Conceptos, teorías, métodos y aplicacions. Vol. I, Ciencias, UNAM, México Pp. 141-151.
  • Lanteri, A.A. (1992) Systematics, cladistics and biogeography of a new weevil genus, Galapaganus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the Galápagos Islands, and Coasts of Ecuador and Perú. Transact. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 118(2): 227-267.
  • 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.
  • Sequeira, A.S. Lanteri, A.A., Scataglini, M.A., Confalonieri, V.A. & Farrell, B.D. (2000) Are flightless Galapaganus weevils older than the Galápagos islands they inhabit? Heredity 85: 20-29.

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