Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Neortholomus usingeri
Chinche de la semilla, Seed bugs, milkweed bugs
Phytophagous; host plants: Cordia species, Hypericum pratense, Verbena species; arid to pampa and inversion zones; February, April-July.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Heteroptera
Superfamily
Lygaeoidea
Family
Lygaeidae
Section
Orsillini
Genus
Neortholomus
Species
usingeri
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ortholomus usingeri Ashlock, 1972; The sister species of Neortholomus gibbifer (Berg) of northern Argentina, southern Brazil and north central Chile and these are the sister group of N. procerodorus Hamilton of Andean Peru.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Pinzon, Rabida, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz.
- Ashlock, P.D. (1972) The Lygaeidae of the Galápagos Islands (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Forth Series 39(8): 87-103.
- Froeschner, R.C. (1985) Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 407: 1-84.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Neortholomus usingeri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6670. Accessed 3 November 2026.