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Hypasclera collenettei Blair, 1928

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Hypasclera collenettei Gardner Islet near of Española Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 9150). Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.
Hypasclera collenettei Gardner Islet near of Española Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 9150). Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.

Larvae are scavengers in rotted wood (maybe driftwood), adults herbivores?; littoral and arid zones; January–June, October–November; at lights, in flowers of Cordia lutea Lam., sweeping.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Tenebrionoidea

Family
Oedemeridae

Section
Asclerini

Genus
Hypasclera

Species
collenettei

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Alloxacis hoodi Van Dyke, 1953, Alloxacis collenettei Blair, 1928, fide Peck (2003)

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Baltra, Bartolomé, Darwin, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago, Wolf

References

  • Blair, K.G. (1933) Further Coleoptera from the Galapagos Archipelago. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, 11: 471-487.
  • Blair, K.G. (1928) Coleoptera (Heteromera, Teredilia, Malacodermata, and Bruchidae) from the Galapagos Islands, collected on the 'St. George' Expedition, 1924. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, 1: 671-680.
  • Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
  • 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. Cook, J. (2003) A review of the Oedemeridae (Coleoptera) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Belgian Journal of Entomology 5: 89-102.
  • 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, Hypasclera collenettei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6506. Accessed 31 October 2026.