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Lithocharis ochracea (Gravenhorst, 1802)

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Predator; littoral to pampa zone; February–June; at lights, sifting under Opuntia, FIT, carrion traps, pan traps, fruit bait traps, cowdung, horse dung, sea lion dung.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Staphylinoidea

Family
Staphylinidae

Section
Paederini

Genus
Lithocharis

Species
ochracea

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé

References

  • 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.
  • Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
  • Coiffait, H. (1981) Contribution a la connaissance des Staphylinides de îles Galapagos (Coleoptera). Annls. Soc. ent. Fr. (N. S.) 17(3): 287-310.
  • Gravenhorst, J.L.C. (1802) Coleoptera microptera brunsvicensia nec non exoticorum quotquot exstant in collectionibus entomologorum Brunsvicensium. Brunswick: Carolum Reichard.

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