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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journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00115.x
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STOMION RUGOSUM
EC VAN DYKE
Stomion rugosum
Van Dyke, 1953: 80
.
Holotype
: type
7389 in
CAS (examined). Type locality: Pinta (= Abingdon)
Island
. Label data:
IX.1906
F.X. Williams.
Franz 1985: 93
.
Stomion rugosus
Van Dyke, 1953: 81
(lapsus).
Diagnosis:
Length
6–8 mm
, width
3–4 mm
; body broad, 2.0¥ longer than wide; body coarsely and rugosely punctured; pronotum slightly transverse, 1.5¥ wider than long, widest behind middle, nearly as wide at base; elytra with rugose ridges, very coarsely punctured both between and on top of ridges, some punctures anastomosing; dorsal tooth on right mandible present, moderately well developed.
Distribution:
Marchena and Pinta Islands.
Bionomics:
The species occurs from the littoral and arid zone from sea level up to transition zone forest at
400 m
elevation, and is found in litter under shrubs and in forests. Adults have been collected in February, March and September. Examined:
176 specimens
.
THE ‘B GROUP’, A MONOPHYLETIC GROUP ON CENTRAL AND WESTERN ISLANDS, WHICH ARE MIDDLE AGED OR