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Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Gymnothorax dovii (Günther, 1870)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Hemiramphus saltator Gilbert & Starks, 1904
Conocarpus erectus L.
Species Database Conocarpus erectus L.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Transennella galapagana Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Holoparamecus franzi Rücker, 1985
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Taygete sphecophila (Meyrick, 1936)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Trichorhina tomentosa Budde-Lund, 1893
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Acaromantis fastigatus Bartsch, 1977
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Acaromantis armatus Bartsch, 1977
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Stenoniscus pleonalis Aubert & Dollfus, 1890
Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)
Species Database Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)
Patricio Picón-Rentería CDF
The unknown wasps of Galapagos

Research in the Scalesia forest on Santa Cruz Island revealed more than 200 taxa of parasitoid wasps, compared with only 30 species previously reported for Galapagos. These tiny insects play essential ecological roles and highlight how much remains unknown about the archipelago’s biodiversity and fragile ecosystems in the Pacific Ocean.

Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Aristida subspicata Trin. & Rupr.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Hypasclera seymourensis Mutchler, 1925
Selenophorus obscuricornis (G.R. Waterhouse, 1845)
Species Database Selenophorus obscuricornis (G.R. Waterhouse, 1845)
Amblycerus galapagoensis (Blair, 1928)
Species Database Amblycerus galapagoensis (Blair, 1928)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Carpophilus dimidiatus (Fabricius, 1792)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Scaevola plumieri (L.) Vahl
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Orthopristis cantharina (Jenyns 1840)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Turritriton gibbosus (Broderip, 1833)