Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Heraeus pacificus
Chinche de la semilla, Seed bugs, milkweed bugs
Phytophagous?; host plant? Jaegaria hirta; arid to pampa zones; at light; January-December.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Heteroptera
Superfamily
Lygaeoidea
Family
Rhyparochromidae
Section
Myodochini
Genus
Heraeus
Species
pacificus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Santiago.
- Ashlock, P.D. (1972) The Lygaeidae of the Galápagos Islands (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Forth Series 39(8): 87-103.
- 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. (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.
- 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, J.I. (1893) Scientific Results of Explorations by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. No. XXVI - Report on the Pteropods and Heteropods collected by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the voyage from Norfolk, VA to San Francisco, Cal., 1887-88. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 16: 451-471.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Heraeus pacificus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6488. Accessed 16 October 2026.