Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Blapstinus spatulus
Escarabajo tenebriónido, Darkling beetle
Scavenger; arid zone; February, April–June, October; in litter, under stones.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Tenebrionoidea
Family
Tenebrionidae
Section
Opatrini
Genus
Blapstinus
Species
spatulus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pedonoeces spatulus Van Dyke, 1953, fide Peck (2006)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española, Gardner at Española, Santa Cruz
- Finston, T.L. Peck, P.B. & Perry, R.B. (1997) Population density and dispersal ability in Darwin's darklings: fligtless beetles of the Galapagos island. Pan-pacific Entomologist 73(2): 110-121.
- Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- 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, Blapstinus spatulus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5609. Accessed 31 October 2026.