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Species Database Auxis rochei (Risso, 1810)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
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
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Rashid Cruz-CDF
Research Data Repository Informe Ejecutivo Tiburones 2023
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Rashid Cruz-CDF
Opuntia insularis Stewart
Species Database Opuntia insularis Stewart
Lobelia xalapensis Kunth
Species Database Lobelia xalapensis Kunth
Galápagos Diary
Date:
2021
Language:
English
About Galapagos

Explore the Galapagos Islands' volcanic beginnings, unique biodiversity, and the global conservation efforts led by the Charles Darwin Foundation to protect them.

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