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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https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00115.x
journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00115.x
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STOMION CRIBRICOLLIS
EC VAN DYKE
Stomion cribricollis
Van Dyke, 1953: 75
.
Holotype
:
Type
7386 in
CAS (examined). Type locality:
Wolf
(= Wenman)
Island
.
Label
data:
24.ix.1906
,
F.X. Williams.
Diagnosis:
Length
7–9 mm
, width
3–4 mm
; body elongate, 2.2¥ longer than wide; pronotum nearly quadrate, 1.2–1.3¥ wider than long; pronotum widest at middle, slightly constricted at base; pronotum with coarse, shallow punctures, elytra with parallel ridges, coarsely punctured both between and on top of the ridges; dorsal tooth of right mandible present but weak.
Distribution:
Darwin and Wolf Islands.
Bionomics:
Occurring in the arid zone from sea level to
50 m
elevation, in leaf litter and under low vegetation. Adults have been collected in January, February, June, September and December. Abundant in dense
Croton
thickets on the north plateau of Wolf Island, probably feeding on abundant sea bird guano or nest debris. Examined:
364 specimens
.