Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Scutobruchus ceratioborus (Philippi, 1859)

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Scutobruchus ceratioborus (Philippi 1859) (ICCDRS 9593) Photo: Ashley Sheridan, CDF, 2011.
Scutobruchus ceratioborus (Philippi 1859) (ICCDRS 9593) Photo: Ashley Sheridan, CDF, 2011.

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.

Taxonomy

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

Distribution

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

Distribution: Española, Pinzón, Santa Cruz

References

  • 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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