Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Micrapate scabrata
escarabajo
Scavenger, boring in dry plant materials?; arid to transition zone; February–July; FIT, malaise.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Bostrichoidea
Family
Bostrichidae
Section
Bostrichini
Genus
Micrapate
Species
scabrata
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- 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. (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.
- 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, Micrapate scabrata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6634. Accessed 1 June 2026.