Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Passalus punctiger
escarabajo, Passalid Beetle
Scavenger; larvae and adults live together in rotting logs; transition zone?; March.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Scarabaeoidea
Family
Passalidae
Genus
Passalus
Species
punctiger
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Passalus interruptus Linnaeus, 1767, Neleus tlascala Percheron, 1835, fide Peck (2006). This record needs to be verified. The record was collected by US Fish Commission steamer “Albatross” in 1891 under direction of A. Agassiz, Smithsonian Archives, USNM, acc. 25157. The specimen is in NMNH (Schuster 1983: 299).
Taxon origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: San Cristóbal
- 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.
- 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.
- Schuster, J.C. (1983) The Passalidae of the Galapagos Islands. The Coleopterists Bulletin 37(4): 299-301.
- Van Dyke, E.C. (1953) The Coleoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 22: 1-181.
- Mutchler, A.J. (1925) Coleoptera. From the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(20): 219-240.
- Linell, M.L. (1898) On the coleopterous insects of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 21(1143): 249-268.