Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Scarites galapagoensis
escarabajo
Predator on soil invertebrates; humid forest and pampa zone; January, March, July; with reduced wings.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Adephaga
Family
Carabidae
Section
Scaritini
Genus
Scarites
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn: Baenningeria galapagoensis Van Dyke, 1953 (Peck, 2006)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: San Cristóbal
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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
- Linell, M.L. (1898) On the coleopterous insects of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 21(1143): 249-268.
- 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.
- Mutchler, A.J. (1925) Coleoptera. From the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(20): 219-240.
- 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.
- Van Dyke, E.C. (1953) The Coleoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 22: 1-181.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Scarites galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11263. Accessed 31 October 2026.