Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Eburia lanigera Linell, 1898

escarabajo, squeak bug

Eburia lanigera Linell 1898 (ICCDRS 9310) Photo: Ashley Sheridan, CDF, 2011.
Eburia lanigera Linell 1898 (ICCDRS 9310) Photo: Ashley Sheridan, CDF, 2011.

Scavenger; littoral to humid forest zones; all months; at uv and white lights, malaise, FIT, beating. Host plants: Croton scouleri Hook. f., Scalesia affinis Hook. f., S. pedunculata Hook. f., Bursera graveolens (HBK.) Trian. & Planch.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Chrysomeloidea

Family
Cerambycidae

Section
Hesperophanini

Genus
Eburia

Species
lanigera

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Eburia amabilis Boheman, 1859, fide Peck (unpublished)

Taxon origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Baltra, Campéon, Eden, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Gardner (as Española), Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago, Seymour

References

  • 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. Chemsak, J.A. (1966) Cerambycidae of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th ser., 33(8): 197-235.
  • Blair, K.G. (1933) Further Coleoptera from the Galapagos Archipelago. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, 11: 471-487.
  • Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
  • 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.
  • Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
  • 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.
  • Mutchler, A.J. (1938) Coleoptera from the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 981: 1-19.
  • Linsley, E.G. Chemsak, J.A. (1976) XXXI. Galapagos Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Mission zoologique belge aux iles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964-1965) 3: 315-322.
  • Parkin, P. Parkin D.T., Ewing, A.W. & Ford, H.A. (1972) A report on the arthropods collected by the Edinburgh University Galapagos Islands Expedition, 1968. The Pan-pacific Entomologist 48: 100-107.
  • McMullen, C.K. (2011) Pollination of the heterostylos Galápagos native, Cordia lutea (Boraginaceae) Plant Syst Evol (2012) 298:569-579
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"Galapagos Species Database, Eburia lanigera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5808. Accessed 29 April 2024.