Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Trichodesma denticollis
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Scavenger in dry wood or plant matter?; arid zone; January–February, August–November; at lights.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Bostrichoidea
Family
Anobiidae
Section
Nicobiini
Genus
Trichodesma
Species
denticollis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Seymour
- 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.
- Español F. (1976) Coleopteros Anobiidae de las îslas Galápagos. Mission Zoologique Belge aux iles Galápagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leieup, 1964-1965) 3: 293-314.
- 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. (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.
- 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, Trichodesma denticollis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7026. Accessed 31 October 2026.