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Lembodes subcostatus Van Dyke, 1953

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Lembodes subcostatus Santa Cruz Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 10194). Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.
Lembodes subcostatus Santa Cruz Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 10194). Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.

Herbivore; arid to humid forest zones; January–July, November; FIT, in soil and litter, sifting moss and ferns, beating, pittraps. Taken on Maytenus octogona (L’Hér.) DC., Hibiscus tiliaceus L. , Scalesia affinis Hook. f., Bursera graveolens (HBK.) Trian. & Planch., and Cryptocarpus pyriformis HBK.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Curculionoidea

Family
Curculionidae

Section
Cryptorhynchini

Genus
Lembodes

Species
subcostatus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Darwin, Española, Gardner at Floreana, Floreana, Isabela, Pinta, Pinzón, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Wolf

References

  • 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.
  • Peck, S.B. Kukalová-Peck, J. (1990) Origin and biogeography of the beetles (Coleoptera) of the Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Can. J. Zool. 68(8): 1617-1638.
  • 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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