Galapagos Species Database
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Pentagonica flavipes flavipes
Escarabajo
Predator; arid to pampa zone; February-July; FIT, malaise, at lights, in litter, rotting logs.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Adephaga
Family
Carabidae
Section
Pentagonicini
Genus
Pentagonica
Species
flavipes
Subspecies
flavipes
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1982
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Stowaway
Subpathway: Hitchhiker on boats
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Potentially Invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago
- Causton, C.E. Sevilla, C. (2008) Latest Records of Introduced Invertebrates in Galapagos and Measures to control them. Galapagos Report 2006-2007, CDF, GNP and INGALA, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador, p. 142-145.
- LeConte, J.L. (1853) Notes on the clasification of the carabidae of the United States. In: Trego CB, Elwyn AL, Frazer JF, editors. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society.p. 363-403.
- Peck, S.B. (1994) Sea-surface (Pleuston) transport of insects between islands in the Galápagos archipelago, Ecuador. Annls. Entomol. Soc. Am. 87(5): 576-582.
- 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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