Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hypothenemus obscurus
escarabajo
Herbivore; arid zone?; February–June; breeds in wide variety of fruit pods and seeds and has been transported in these, and in twigs.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Curculionoidea
Family
Curculionidae
Section
Dryocoetini
Genus
Hypothenemus
Species
obscurus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Stephanoderes obscurus Fabricius, 1801, fide Peck (unpublished)
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santiago, Santa Cruz, Wolf
- Bright, D.E. Peck, S.B. (1998) Scolytidae from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, with Descriptions of Four New Species, New Distribution Records, and a Key to Species (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Koleopterol. Rundschau 68: 233-252.
- Peck, S.B. (1996) Origin and development of an insect fauna on a remote archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. In: Keast A., Miller S.E. (eds.): The origin and evolution of Pacific Island biotas, New Guinea to eastern Polynesia: patterns and processes. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, p. 91-122.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hypothenemus obscurus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6518. Accessed 2 November 2026.