Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Calosoma howardi, C. galapageium, C. granatense darwiniana, C. darwiniana, C. granatense floreana, C. galapagoum Howard, 1889 (non Hope), Castrida granatense Géhin, 1885, C. granatensis Géhin, 1885, C. granatense granatense Géhin, 1885, C. granatense darwiniana Van Dyke, 1953, C. granatensis darwiniana Van Dyke, 1953, C. granatensis floreana Basilewsky, 1968. Desender & Verdyck (2000) have demonstrated a relatively high genetic differentiation between populations on different islands, indicating that long distance (inter-island) dispersal events are rare in this species.

Origin: Cryptogenic

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Baltra, Darwin, Eden, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Gardner near Española, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Pincon, Rabida, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago, Seymour, Wolf.

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