Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Carpelimus obscuricornis
escarabajo
Herbivore; arid zone; February; at lights.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Staphylinoidea
Family
Staphylinidae
Section
Thinobiini
Genus
Carpelimus
Species
obscuricornis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Troglophloeus obscuricornis Coiffait, 1981. Described from single specimen, sex not known.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz
- Coiffait, H. (1981) Contribution a la connaissance des Staphylinides de îles Galapagos (Coleoptera). Annls. Soc. ent. Fr. (N. S.) 17(3): 287-310.
- 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, Carpelimus obscuricornis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11423. Accessed 1 November 2026.