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Stelidota insularis Van Dyke, 1953

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Stelidota insularis Santa Cruz Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 6166). Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.
Stelidota insularis Santa Cruz Island. Specimen housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 6166). Photo: María Sol Herrera, CDF, 2024.

Scavenger on fruits; littoral to pampa zones; January–July, September; rotting fruits, fruit baits, in litter, dung, carrion, yellow pan traps, pit traps, malaise, FIT, at lights.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Cucujoidea

Family
Nitidulidae

Genus
Stelidota

Species
insularis

Taxon category: Accepted

This may prove to be a synonym of S. strigosa (Gyll.), or a separate introduced species.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago

References

  • Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
  • 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.
  • Peck, S.B. (1996) The arthropods of the allobiosphere (barren lava flows) of the Galapagos islands, Ecuador Noticias de Galápagos 56: 9-12.
  • 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, Stelidota insularis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6948. Accessed 31 October 2026.