Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Parepitragus solieri
Escarabajo tenebriónido, Darkling beetle
Scavenger; littoral to transition zone; February–June, September–October; under stones, at lights, in fruit bait pit traps, on flowers of Macraea laricifolia Hook. f., and Cordia lutea Lam., malaise, FIT, night beating.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Tenebrionoidea
Family
Tenebrionidae
Section
Epitragini
Genus
Parepitragus
Species
solieri
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Parepitragus fuscipes Van Dyke, 1953;
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Gardner at Española, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz
- Casey, T. L. (1907) A revision of the American components of the tenebrionid subfamily Tentyriinae. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences Vol. 9, pp.275-522.
- Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
- Kaszab, Z. (1970) Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae. Mission Zool. Belge aux îles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964-1965) 2: 183-210.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- McMullen, C.K. (2011) Pollination of the heterostylos Galápagos native, Cordia lutea (Boraginaceae) Plant Syst Evol (2012) 298:569-579
- 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.
- Van Dyke, E.C. (1953) The Coleoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 22: 1-181.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Parepitragus solieri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12021. Accessed 31 October 2026.