Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Tachys vittiger
escarabajo
Predator on insects; a halophilous species around saline pools in littoral and arid zones (Desender et al., 1988); January-June, September-December; a few may be under stones and in moist litter at higher elevation, at lights, in litter, FIT.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Adephaga
Family
Carabidae
Section
Bembidiini
Genus
Tachys
Species
vittiger
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Tachys beebei, fide Peck (2006)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Baltra, Española, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago
- Desender, K. Baert L. & Maelfait J.-P. (1988) Distribution and flight activity of carabid beetles genus Tachys in the Galapagos archipelago. Noticias de Galápagos 46: 20-25.
- Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.P. (1988) Carabid Beetles of Galápagos. Unpublished Manuscript.
- Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.-P. (1989) Contribution to the knowledge of the Carabid beetles of Galápagos (Ecuador). Entomologie 58: 55-65.
- Desender, K. Baert, L. & Maelfait, J.-P. (1990) Carabid beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Galápagos (Ecuador) collected during the Belgian 1988-expedition. Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Entomologie 60: 49-54.
- 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. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- 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. (1925) Coleoptera. From the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(20): 219-240.
- 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.
- Reichardt, H. (1976) A contribution to the knowledge of the carabidae of the Galápagos islands (Coleoptera). Mission zoologique belge aux iles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964-1965) 3: 177-222.
- 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, Tachys vittiger", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6982. Accessed 6 June 2026.