Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Selenophorus galapagoensis galapagoensis
escarabajo
Omnivore; mostly arid zone, but littoral to pampa zones; February, April-June, October; at lights, pit traps, sifting moss and fern litter.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Adephaga
Family
Carabidae
Section
Harpalini
Genus
Selenophorus
Species
galapagoensis
Subspecies
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Selenophorus galapagoensis G.R. Waterhouse, 1845
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española, Floreana, Gardner at Española, San Cristóbal
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- 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.
- Waterhouse, G.R. (1845) Descriptions of coleopterous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., in the Galapagos Islands. Ann. Nat. Hist. 16: 19-41.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Selenophorus galapagoensis galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6917. Accessed 5 June 2026.