Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Feluva franzi Pace, 1985

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Feluva franzi Marchena Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 4937) Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.
Feluva franzi Marchena Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 4937) Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.

Predator; littoral forests to evergreeen shrub and agriculture zones; January–May; various trap types.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Staphylinoidea

Family
Staphylinidae

Section
Oxypodini

Genus
Feluva

Species
franzi

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Rábida, Santa Cruz

References

  • 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.
  • 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, Feluva franzi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5862. Accessed 10 June 2026.