Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Tetrapriocera longicornis
escarabajo, Auger beetle
Scavenger, boring in dry plant materials?; arid to transition zones; January–June, August, October–December; at lights, malaise traps, FIT.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Bostrichoidea
Family
Bostrichidae
Section
Xyloperthini
Genus
Tetrapriocera
Species
longicornis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Tetrapriocera tridens Lesne (non Fabricius), 1901 fide Peck (2006)
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española, Floreana, Isabela, Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz
- Blair, K.G. (1928) Coleoptera (Heteromera, Teredilia, Malacodermata, and Bruchidae) from the Galapagos Islands, collected on the 'St. George' Expedition, 1924. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, 1: 671-680.
- Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
- Linell, M.L. (1898) On the coleopterous insects of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 21(1143): 249-268.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- 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.
- Mutchler, A.J. (1938) Coleoptera from the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 981: 1-19.
- 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.
- Reichardt, H. (1970) Bostrichidae (Coleoptera) from the Galápagos Islands. Mission Zoologique Belge aux îles Galápagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964-1965) 2: 213-223.
- 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, Tetrapriocera longicornis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6997. Accessed 18 June 2026.