Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Ricinula crocostoma Reeve, 1846, Engina earlyi Bartsch & Rehder, 1939; AMNH: 89658, ANSP: 81817, 153234, 153382, 153433, 153526, 170341, 324437, 324445, USNM: 17054, 216438, 678907, BMNH: 1966307 (Syntypes, type locality: Galapagos), acc. n° 2271 (Charles Lyell coll., C. Darwin material), MHNG: 964-140, 993-142, 993-176, CDRS: 458, 463, 558, 1167, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

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

Distribution: From Nicaragua to Panamá and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

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