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Lichenophanes rutilans Reichardt, 1970

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Lichenophanes rutilans Santa Cruz Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 5674). Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.
Lichenophanes rutilans Santa Cruz Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 5674). Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.

Scavenger, boring in dry plant materials?; arid, transition and agricultural zones; January–March, September–December; at lights, in dead branches, in avocado seeds, FIT.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Bostrichoidea

Family
Bostrichidae

Section
Bostrichini

Genus
Lichenophanes

Species
rutilans

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz

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. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
  • 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.
  • Reichardt, H. (1970) Bostrichidae (Coleoptera) from the Galápagos Islands. Mission Zoologique Belge aux îles Galápagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964-1965) 2: 213-223.

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