Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Scutobruchus ceratioborus
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Herbivore; arid zone; January–July; infrequently taken at FIT and at lights. Host plant: This species is only known to breed in the seeds of species of Prosopis (mesquite trees) (Kingsolver 1983) and has been reared from these in Galápagos.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Chrysomeloidea
Family
Bruchidae
Genus
Scutobruchus
Species
ceratioborus
Taxon category: Accepted
Lawrence & Newton (1995) use Bruchidae as a subfamily.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española, Pinzón, Santa Cruz
- 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.
- Kingsolver, J.M. Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. (2001) Bruchidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Galápagos Islands with new host and locality records, new synonyms, and descriptions of two new species. Insecta Mundi 15: 19–30.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Scutobruchus ceratioborus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6901. Accessed 8 May 2025.