Speciation in Darwin’s darklings: taxonomy and evolution of Stomion beetles in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Author
Finston, Terrie L.
Author
Peck, Stewart B.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2004
2004-05-31
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10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00115.x
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STOMION GENOVESA
FINSTON & PECK
,
SP. NOV.
Stomion helopoides
Waterhouse.
Van Dyke, 1953: 74
(from Genovesa Island, a misidentification).
Holotype
:
In
CMN
collection. Type data:
Galápagos Islands
, Genovesa Island.
Holotype
data: Darwin Bay, 26–28.III.92, J. Cook and S. B. Peck, under
Cryptocarpus
and
Bursera
litter, 92-68.
Paratypes
: 99 with same data, and 200 with: Genovesa Island, Prince Phillips Steps, 27.III.92, arid zone,
20 m
, Cook and Peck, 92-61.
Etymology:
The name is a noun used in apposition, and is the name of the island to which the species is restricted.
Diagnosis:
Length
8–10 mm
, width
4–5 mm
; body broad, convex, 2.0¥ longer than wide; striae and intervals of elytra nearly the same height, giving this species an overall smooth surface; pronotum transverse, 1.5¥ wider than long, coarsely, shallowly punctured, widest behind middle, slightly constricted at base; elytral punctures coarse along striae, smaller in intervals; right mandible with well-developed dorsal tooth as in
Figure 13
. The etymology of the name comes from the distribution of this species, which is restricted to Genovesa Island.
Distribution.
Genovesa Island: Darwin Bay and Prince Philip’s Steps.
Bionomics.
Found in the arid zone, under rocks and in litter of
Cryptocarpus
shrubs and
Bursera
trees. Abundant in nesting areas of red-footed boobies. Adults collected from February to June and November. Examined:
341 specimens
.