Galapagos Species Database
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Trigonodera lineata
Escarabajo
Adult females are flightless
Arid to agricultural zones; January–April, 1964 to present; often at lights, FIT. The larvae are apparently ectoparasites or predators of wood-boring insect larvae.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Tenebrionoidea
Family
Ripiphoridae
Genus
Trigonodera
Species
lineata
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1964
Year of introduction: 1960
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: In wood/construction material
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz
- Causton, C.E. Sevilla, C. (2008) Latest Records of Introduced Invertebrates in Galapagos and Measures to control them. Galapagos Report 2006-2007, CDF, GNP and INGALA, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador, p. 142-145.
- Champion, G.C. (1891) Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera, Rhipidophoridae, Vol 2. London: R. H. Porter.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Trigonodera lineata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7028. Accessed 4 June 2026.