Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Atheta galapagoensis
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Predator; littoral and arid to humid forest zones; January–July, November; sifting litter and many other kinds of decomposing organic materials.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Staphylinoidea
Family
Staphylinidae
Section
Athetini
Genus
Atheta
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Bartilomé, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago
- 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.
- Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
- Klimaszewski, J. Peck, S.B. (1998) A Review of Aleocharine rove beetles from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 105(2): 221-260.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Atheta galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5578. Accessed 16 July 2025.