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Neoryctes linelli Mutchler, 1938

Escarabajo, Scarab beetles

Herbivore, on humus or plant roots?; pampa zone; February–May, July.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Scarabaeoidea

Family
Scarabaeidae

Section
Oryctini

Genus
Neoryctes

Species
linelli

Taxon category: Accepted

Dechambre (1991) considered N. linelli to be conspecific with N. galapagoensis but gave no reasons for this conclusion. Larvae described from San Cristobal (Lumaret 1991) are of this species, not N. galapagoensis (Cook et al., 1995)

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: San Cristóbal

References

  • Cook, J. Howden, H.F. & Peck, S.B. (1995) The Galápagos Islands genus Neoryctes Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Canadian Entomologist 127: 177-193.
  • 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.
  • Lopez-Garcia, M. M. Gasca-Alvarez, H. J., Cave, R. D., & Amat-Garcia, G. (2016) An annotated checklist of the New World pentodontine scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini). Zootaxa, 4170(3), 491-509.
  • Mutchler, A.J. (1938) Coleoptera from the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 981: 1-19.
  • 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.
  • 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, Neoryctes linelli", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6671. Accessed 3 November 2026.