Galapagos Species Database
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Bambara stevesi
escarabajo
Fungivore; agriculture zone; May; in litter and FIT; parthenogenetic.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Staphylinoidea
Family
Ptiliidae
Section
Ptilinini
Genus
Bambara
Species
stevesi
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1975
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz
- Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
- Johnson, C. (1982) Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) from the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Brenesia 19/20: 189-199.
- 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, Bambara stevesi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11317. Accessed 1 November 2026.