Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Galapagodacnum darwini
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Terrestrial scavenger; arid to humid forest zones; January–May, August, September, October; in moist decaying Opuntia, plant debris and fruits, and at lights.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Hydrophiloidea
Family
Hydrophilidae
Section
Sphaeridiini
Genus
Galapagodacnum
Species
darwini
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Coelostoma darwini Blair, 1933, fide Peck (2006)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Pinta, Pinzón, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Seymour, Tortuga
- Blair, K.G. (1933) Further Coleoptera from the Galapagos Archipelago. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, 11: 471-487.
- 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.
- Mutchler, A.J. (1938) Coleoptera from the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 981: 1-19.
- 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.
- Peck, S.B. Kukalová-Peck, J. (1990) Origin and biogeography of the beetles (Coleoptera) of the Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Can. J. Zool. 68(8): 1617-1638.
- 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, Galapagodacnum darwini", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5898. Accessed 31 October 2026.