Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Stomion galapagoensis
Escarabajo tenebriónido, Darkling beetle
Scavenger; littoral to humid forest zones; January–June, August, October, December; under rocks, at lights, in soil, litter.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Tenebrionoidea
Family
Tenebrionidae
Section
Trimytini
Genus
Stomion
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Stomion galapagoense Waterhouse, 1845, Stomion carinipenne Linell, 1898, Stomion carinatipenne Blair, 1933, Stomion piceum Linell, 1898, fide Peck (2006), Stomion galapagoensis galapagoensis G.R. Waterhouse, 1845, Stomion galapagoense galapagoense Waterhouse, 1845
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Campéon, Floreana, Gardner at Floreana
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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.
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- Finston, T.L. Peck, S.B. (2004) Speciation in Darwin´s darklings: taxonomy and evolution of Stomion beetles in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 141: 135-152.
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