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Bythinoplectus caecus Franz, 1978

escarabajo

Eyeless and flightless.

Predator; pampa zone; March–June; sifting fern and moss litter.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Staphylinoidea

Family
Staphylinidae

Section
Bythinoplectini

Genus
Bythinoplectus

Species
caecus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

References

  • Coulon, G. (1992) Spéciation et insularité: le piège des îles Galapagos. Mém. Soc. R. belge Ent. 35: 605-612.
  • Franz, H. (1978) Erster Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Bodenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Entomol. Blätter 74(1-2): 55-66.
  • Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
  • Peck, S.B. (1990) Eyeless arthropods of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Composition and origin of the cryptozoic fauna of a young, tropical, oceanic archipelago. Biotropica 22(4): 366-381.
  • 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, Bythinoplectus caecus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11326. Accessed 31 October 2026.