Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Fallia colorata
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Fungivore?; agricultural and pampa zones; March, July; in rotted wood.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Cucujoidea
Family
Discolomatidae
Genus
Fallia
Species
colorata
Taxon category: Accepted
Lawrence and Newton (1995) point out that "The grammatically correct spellings of the family and nominotypical subfamily names are Discolomatidae and -inae, respectively, not Discolomidae and -inae
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- 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, Fallia colorata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11673. Accessed 3 November 2026.