Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Stomion linelli
Escarabajo tenebriónido, Darkling beetle
Scavenger; littoral to transition zones; January, March–July, November; under stones, soil washing, at lights, FIT-trough.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Tenebrionoidea
Family
Tenebrionidae
Section
Trimytini
Genus
Stomion
Species
linelli
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: S. laevigatum Linell (not G.R. Waterhouse), 1898, S. mutchleri Blair, 1933 (nomen nudum), S. galapagoensis leleupi Kaszab 1970, S. galapagoense leleupi Kaszab, 1970 (spelling error), S. linelli leupi Kaszab, 1970, fide Peck (2006)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Baltra, Bartolomé, Beagle, Daphne Major, Eden, Plaza Sur, Rábida, Santa Cruz, Santiago
- Blair, K.G. (1933) Further Coleoptera from the Galapagos Archipelago. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, 11: 471-487.
- Finston, T.L. Peck S.B. (1995) Population structure and gene flow in Stomion: a species swarm of flightless beetles of the Galápagos islands. Heredity 75: 390-397.
- Finston, T.L. Peck, S.B. (1997) Genetic differentiation and speciation in Stomion (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): flightless beetles of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 61: 183-200.
- 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.
- Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
- Kaszab, Z. (1970) Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae. Mission Zool. Belge aux îles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964-1965) 2: 183-210.
- 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, Stomion linelli", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6962. Accessed 2 April 2026.