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Pseudopentarthrum cunicollis (Van Dyke, 1953)

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Pseudopentarthrum cunicollis San Cristóbal Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 10014). Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.
Pseudopentarthrum cunicollis San Cristóbal Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 10014). Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.

Scavenger; littoral to humid forest zones; January–July, December; in upper and back beach (Heliotropium curassavicum L.) litter, widespread and common in litter and rotted wood.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Curculionoidea

Family
Curculionidae

Section
Onycholipini

Genus
Pseudopentarthrum

Species
cunicollis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Neopentarthrum cunicollis Van Dyke, 1953, fide Peck (2006)

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Campéon, Española, Floreana, Gardner at Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Pinzón, Marchena, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago

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. 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. Kukalová-Peck, J. (1990) Origin and biogeography of the beetles (Coleoptera) of the Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Can. J. Zool. 68(8): 1617-1638.
  • 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, Pseudopentarthrum cunicollis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6851. Accessed 4 June 2026.