Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Belonuchus multipunctatus
Escarabajo, The rove beetle
Recorded only on Santa Cruz Island.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Staphylinoidea
Family
Staphylinidae
Section
Staphylinini
Genus
Belonuchus
Species
multipunctatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Endeius multipunctatus Coiffait, 1981; Redescription in Chani-Posse (2011).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz
- Chani-Posse, M. (2011) Redescription of some South American species of Belonuchus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with a checklist of the southern South American species of the genus. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 70 (3-4): 213-229.
- 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, Belonuchus multipunctatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25546. Accessed 1 November 2026.