Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Calosoma galapageium
escarabajo
Predator on ground dwelling invertebrates; pampa zone; March, May, October-December; with reduced wings; restricted to open grassy sites in the higher parts of the island.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Adephaga
Family
Carabidae
Section
Carabini
Genus
Calosoma
Species
galapageium
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Castrida galapageium Hope, 1838, fide Desender & De Dijn (1989)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santiago
- Desender, K. De Dijn, B. (1989) The Calosoma species of the Galápagos archipelago. I. Redescriptions and distribution of the species. Entomologie 59: 131-144.
- Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.-P. (1989) Contribution to the knowledge of the Carabid beetles of Galápagos (Ecuador). Entomologie 58: 55-65.
- Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.-P. (1990) Carabid beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Galápagos (Ecuador) collected during the Belgian 1988-expedition. Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Entomologie 60: 49-54.
- Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.-P. (1991) Evolutionary systematics of Calosoma Weber carabid beetles of the Galápagos archipelago (Coleoptera, Carabidae). In: Zunino, M., Belles, X. & Blas, M. (eds.): Advances in Coleopterology. p. 193-200.
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- Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J-P. (1992) Distribution and speciation of carabid beetles in the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Entomologie 62: 57-65
- Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.P. (1988) Carabid Beetles of Galápagos. Unpublished Manuscript.
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- 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, Calosoma galapageium", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11251. Accessed 31 October 2026.