Galapagos Species Database
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Scymnobius scalesius
Mariquita, Ladybird beetle
Predator on scale insects; littoral to pampa zones; January–July; in litter, FIT, malaise, beating, sweeping, soil washing, pan traps, at lights; feeding on leaf mines on shrubs of Maytenus octogona (L’Her.) DC.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Cucujoidea
Family
Coccinellidae
Section
Scymnini
Genus
Scymnobius
Species
scalesius
Taxon category: Accepted
Peck & Kukalova-Peck 1990: 1636 (as Nephus sp.)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española. Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago
- 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.
- 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.
- Peñaherrera-Romero, E. Guerrero-Campoverde, A., Rueda-Rodríguez, M.P., Dávila-Játiva, M., Die-Morejón, D., Domínguez-Trujillo, M., Guerrero-Molina, T.,Vélez-Darquea, E., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F (2024) Ladybird Beetle Diversity in Natural and Human-Modified Habitats in the San Cristóbal Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. Insects, 15, 725. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15090725
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"Galapagos Species Database, Scymnobius scalesius", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6677. Accessed 30 December 2025.