Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dasyleistes limbatellus
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Heteroptera
Superfamily
Cimicoidea
Family
Anthocoridae
Genus
Dasyleistes
Species
limbatellus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cardiastethus limbatellus (Stål, 1860);
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Froeschner, R.C. (1985) Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 407: 1-84.
- Herring, J.L. (1966) The Anthocoridae of the Galápagos and Cocos Islands (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 68(2): 127-130.
- Swanson, D. R. (2019) Dasyleistes nom. nov.(Insecta: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae): a new replacement name for the junior homonym Dasypterus Reuter, 1872. Zootaxa, 4624(4), 594-596
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"Galapagos Species Database, Dasyleistes limbatellus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20256. Accessed 5 November 2026.