Galapagos Species Database
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Lithocharodes elytratus
escarabajo
Predator; agriculture and pampa zones; May, November; FIT; dung trap, under rocks.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Staphylinoidea
Family
Staphylinidae
Section
Xantholinini
Genus
Lithocharodes
Species
elytratus
Taxon category: Accepted
Described from one female from the pampa zone. Syn.: Hesperolinus elytratus Coiffait, 1981, fide Peck (2006)
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, Lithocharodes elytratus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11487. Accessed 1 November 2026.