Galapagos Species Database
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Ochthebius batesoni
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Aquatic herbivore; littoral and arid zones; January–May, July, November; inhabitants of sandy or muddy aquatic situations, like saline beach pools, salty lagoons, or cracks in rocks covered at high tide. Collected by stirring gravel or sand at waterline and waiting for beetles to float up into the surface film, or by washing water over the shore.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Staphylinoidea
Family
Hydraenidae
Genus
Ochthebius
Species
batesoni
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago
- Aguilera, P. Hernando, C. (2006) The Galápagos "endemic" Ochthebius batesoni Blair (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) found on mainland South America. The Coleopterists Bull. 60: 230.
- Blair, K.G. (1933) Further Coleoptera from the Galapagos Archipelago. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, 11: 471-487.
- Gerecke, R. Peck, S.B. & Pehofer, H.E. (1995) The invertebrate fauna of the inland waters of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador) - a limnological and zoogeographical summary. Arch. Hydrobiol./ Suppl. 107(2): 113-147.
- 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.
- 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, Ochthebius batesoni", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6704. Accessed 31 October 2026.