Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Feronia galapagoensis G.R.Waterhouse, 1845, Platynus galapagoensis (G.R. Waterhouse, 1845), fide Peck (2006); S. Peck: the subspecies P. g. galapagoensis is of doubtful utility, Pterostichus galapagoensis becki Van Dyke, 1953 is now regarded as a synonym of Pterostichus becki (Van Dyke, 1953)

Origin: Endemic

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

Distribution: Santiago

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• Linell, M.L. (1898) On the coleopterous insects of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 21(1143): 249-268.
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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.
• Van Dyke, E.C. (1953) The Coleoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 22: 1-181.
• Waterhouse, G.R. (1845) Descriptions of coleopterous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., in the Galapagos Islands. Ann. Nat. Hist. 16: 19-41.