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Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist


Ammophorus obscurus

G.R. Waterhouse, 1845

Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Division Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae
Subfamily Pimeliinae
Seccion Nyctoporini
Genus Ammophorus

Ammophorus obscurus  G.R. Waterhouse, 1845

 

Comments: Scavenger; littoral to transition pampa zones; January–July, September–December; under stones, at lights, in litter, carrion traps, dung traps, pit traps, bottle traps, fruit-baited traps.

Name Status: Accepted name; taxon occurs in Galapagos.

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Distribution

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Regions: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Pinzón, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago.

Distribution Comments: Baltra, Caamaño, Daphne Major, Eden, Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Seymour, Plaza Sur

Please be aware that this distribution map is automatically generated from database records (CDF and external specimens, literature records, and observations) and may not accurately reflect the currently-known distribution for all species.

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