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Scymnobius galapagoensis (G.R. Waterhouse, 1845)

Mariquita, Ladybird beetle

Predator on scale insects?; littoral to pampa zones; January–July; in litter, beating and sweeping vegetation, FIT, malaise.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Cucujoidea

Family
Coccinellidae

Section
Scymnini

Genus
Scymnobius

Species
galapagoensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Scymnus galapagoensis G.R. Waterhouse, 1845, Diomus galapagoensis (G.R. Waterhouse, 1845), fide Peck (2006)

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: Bartolome, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Pinzon, Rabida, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago, Seymour

References

  • Blair, K.G. (1933) Further Coleoptera from the Galapagos Archipelago. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, 11: 471-487.
  • Linell, M.L. (1898) On the coleopterous insects of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 21(1143): 249-268.
  • 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.
  • Mutchler, A.J. (1925) Coleoptera. From the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(20): 219-240.
  • 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.
  • Waterhouse, G.R. (1845) Descriptions of coleopterous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., in the Galapagos Islands. Ann. Nat. Hist. 16: 19-41.

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