
Gonocephalum
Dusty Surface Beetles
As recorded: Gonocephalum Solier, 1834
Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Coleoptera › Tenebrionidae
- Collected by
- Kusche, J.A.
- Date
- 1919
- Locality
- Kokee
- Region
- State of Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- G.A. Samuelson
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Gonocephalum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1919. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-03-14.

2025-03-14
Waimea, HI 96743, USA
(c) seedysmith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-06-30
Koko Crater Botanical Garden, East Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Ty Sharrow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2018-12-26
2323–2335 Kiahuna Plantation Dr, Poipu, HI, US
(c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Gonocephalum. BPBM 2004005634. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36990015. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/2004005634.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36990015 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
