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Latest species added:
- Ammophorus laevis Van Dyke, 1953
- Ammophorus obscurus G.R. Waterhouse, 1845
- Ammophorus simplex Van Dyke, 1953
Ammophorus simplex
Van Dyke, 1953
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Division Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae
Subfamily Pimeliinae
Seccion Nyctoporini
Genus Ammophorus
Ammophorus simplex
Comments: Scavenger; littoral to transition zones; January–July; at lights, FIT, in litter, fruit-baited traps, dung traps, carrion traps.
Name Status: Accepted name; taxon occurs in Galapagos.
Origin
- In
Introduced - Na
Native
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En
EndemicTaxon occurs only in Galapagos.
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Hy
Hypothetical -
Id
Indigenous -
Mi
Migrant -
EnQ
Questionable Endemic -
Re
Resident -
Va
Vagrant
Distribution
Regions: Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.
Distribution Comments: Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz
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.
Literature
- Franz, H. (1985) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Koleopterenfauna der Galapagos-Inseln. Österr. Akad. Wissensch. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, 194(1-5): 73-124.
- Linsley, E.G., Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Peck, S.B. (2006) The Beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera) NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 314 pp.
- Van Dyke, E.C. (1953) The Coleoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Occasional Papers of the California Acadmey of Sciences 22: 1-181.