Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hypasclera seymourensis
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Larvae are scavengers in rotted wood (maybe driftwood), adults herbivores?; littoral and arid zones; January, March–June; on flowers at night, at lights.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Tenebrionoidea
Family
Oedemeridae
Section
Asclerini
Genus
Hypasclera
Species
seymourensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Alloxacis seymourensis Mutchler, 1925, fide Peck (2006)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Baltra, Bartolomé, Isabela, Rábida, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago
- 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. (1925) Coleoptera. From the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(20): 219-240.
- 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 seymourensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6507. Accessed 31 October 2026.