Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Galapaganus conwayensis
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Herbivore; arid to humid forest zones; January–June, September–October; on Tournefortia rufosericea, FIT, beating.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Curculionoidea
Family
Curculionidae
Section
Naupactini
Genus
Galapaganus
Species
conwayensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pantomorus conwayensis Mutchler, 1938, fide Peck (2006)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Caamaño, Santa Cruz
- Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mutchler, A.J. (1938) Coleoptera from the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 981: 1-19.
- 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.
- 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, Galapaganus conwayensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5887. Accessed 31 October 2026.