Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Stomion punctipennis
Escarabajo tenebriónido, Darkling beetle
Scavenger; littoral and arid zone; February, April–June; in litter, pit traps, soil washing, carrion traps.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Tenebrionoidea
Family
Tenebrionidae
Section
Trimytini
Genus
Stomion
Species
punctipennis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Stomion galapagoensis punctipennis Van Dyke, 1963, fide Peck (2006), Stomion galapagoense punctipennis Van Dyke, 1953
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española, Gardner at Española
- 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.
- Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
- Van Dyke, E.C. (1953) The Coleoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 22: 1-181.
- 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.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Stomion punctipennis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6967. Accessed 17 May 2025.