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Barce fraterna (Say, 1832)

Predator on insects; in pit trap in roadside pasture at 480 m; April and May.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Heteroptera

Superfamily
Reduvioidea

Family
Reduviidae

Section
Metapterini

Genus
Barce

Species
fraterna

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1996

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

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

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

  • Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
  • Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Barce fraterna", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11136. Accessed 2 November 2026.