Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Haliplus gravidus
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Adults are herbivores, larvae predators; adults and larvae live in small ponds; arid and transition zones; taken at UV light at CDRS, Tortuga Bay and by pond in Tortoise Reserve; February-March, May.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Adephaga
Family
Haliplidae
Genus
Haliplus
Species
gravidus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Haliplus robustus Sharp, 1877, fide Van Vondel & Spangler (2008); in Peck (1993 & 2006) as Haliplus robustus.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz
- 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.
- Peck, S.B. (1993) New beetle records from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (Coleoptera). Coleopterists Bull. 47(2): 151-157.
- Van Vondel, B.J. Spangler, P.J. (2008) Revision of the Haliplidae of the Neotropical Region including Mexico (Coleoptera: Haliplidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 78: 69-194.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Haliplus gravidus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15603. Accessed 16 July 2025.