Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Litargus balteatus
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Fungivore?; arid to pampa zone; January–September; in leaf litter FIT, malaise, pit traps in rotting oranges and bananas, fungus on wood, carrion, tortoise dung, and beating burned trees. This can be a stored products pest.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Tenebrionoidea
Family
Mycetophagidae
Section
Mycetophagini
Genus
Litargus
Species
balteatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Seymour
- Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
- 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.
- 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, Litargus balteatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6583. Accessed 18 March 2026.