Table 1.
Checklist of rove beetles collected by Charles Darwin on the Beagle’s Voyage. The list has been extracted from Smith (1987) with updates on the taxonomy. Date refers to the date of the collecting event as documented by Darwin. Months are given in roman numerals (when available). Specimen no. refers to the collecting event number given by Darwin.
| Date | No. | Locality | Subfamily: Tribe: Subtribe | Species | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832-ii-16 | 229 | St. Paul’s Rocks, Brazil | Specimen not found; hypothesized by Smith (1987) to be either Philonthus or Quedius. | Smith (1987) | ||
| 1832-iv | 415 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Scaphidiinae: Scaphisomatini | Scaphisoma elongatum Waterhouse, 1879 | Species described from Darwin specimen. | Waterhouse (1879) |
| 1832-ix | 708 | Bahía Blanca, Argentina | Staphylininae: Staphylinini: Xanthopygina | Darwinilus sedarisi Chatzimanolis, gen. n. and sp. n. | Specimen listed as “not found” in Smith (1987); genus and species described from Darwin specimen. | this paper |
| 1832-xii-20 | 906 | Navarin Is., Chile | Aleocharinae: Oxypodini | Nordenskjoldella flavitarsis Enderlein, 1912 | Type material not based on Darwin specimen. | Enderlein (1912); Champion (1918) |
| 1833-iii | 1151 | Tierra del Fuego | Aleocharinae: Homalotini | Leptusa (Halmaeusa) atriceps (Waterhouse, 1875) | Originally described as Phytosus darwini Waterhouse 1879 and was based on Darwin specimen. | Waterhouse (1879); Steel (1964) |
| 1834-i | 2002 | Port St Julian [Puerto San Julián], Argentina | Specimens not found. | Smith (1987) | ||
| 1834 | 2369 | Archipelago of Chiloé, Chile | Microsilphinae | Microsilpha ocelligera (Champion, 1918) | Originally described in Micragyrtes; type materials based on Darwin materials. | Champion (1918); Newton and Thayer (1995) |
| 1834 | 2371 | Archipelago of Chiloé, Chiloé Is., Chile | Aleocharinae: Oxypodini | Polylobus darwini Bernhauer, 1935 | Species described from Darwin specimen. | Bernhauer (1935) |
| 1834-xii | 2424 | Archipelago of Chronos, Chile | Specimens not found; Darwin commented that “Pselaphidae and small Staphylinidae the most abundant insects” | Smith (1987) | ||
| 1835 | 3426 | Galapagos Archipelago, San Cristóbal Is., Ecuador | Staphylininae: Staphylinini | Creophilus galapagensis Clarke, 2011 | Type material not based on Darwin specimen. | Clarke (2011) |
| 1835-ii | 3445 | Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia | Specimens not found; hypothesized by P. Hammond to be Creophilus erythrocephalus F. | Smith (1987) | ||
| 1835-ii | 3524 | Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia | Scaphidiinae: Scaphisomatini | Scaphisoma instabile Lea, 1926 | Lectotype not based on Darwin specimen. | Lea (1926); Löbl (1977) |
| 1836-vii | 3730 | St. Helena | Scydmaeninae: Cyrtoscydmini | “Anthicus wollastoni” Waterhouse, 1879 | The type was based on Darwin material; not Anthicidae but Scydmaeninae (in Euconnus) according to Smith (1987). | Waterhouse (1879); Champion (1895) |
| 1836-vii | 3730 | St. Helena | Oxytelinae: Oxytelini | Oxytelus alutaceifrons Wollaston, 1877 | Type material not based on Darwin specimen. | Wollaston (1877); Waterhouse (1879) |