Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) stilifer

Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) stilifer (Hammer, 1961)

Distribution: Pantropical.

Records in Ecuador: Galápagos (Islas: Santa Cruz, San Critóbal, Gardner, Floreana, Pinzón, Santiago, Bartolomé, Pinta, Isabela, Fernandina).

Habitat: Isla Santa Cruz: littoral zone in Puerto Ayora, in algae; arid zone around P. Ayora and on N part of the island; transition zone on N part; fernsedge zone on Cerro Crocker. Isla San Cristóbal: Miconia zone in Encañada with small river SE of lake El Junco and cultivated areas near El Progreso. Isla Gardner near Española: arid zone. Isla Floreana: moist highland and cultivated areas between Cerro Pajas and Asilo de la Paz. Isla Pinzón: arid zone, SE slope and Central Valley and under Scalesia incisa. Isla Santiago: dry forest on W side. Isla Bartolomé: littoral zone, under mangroves. Isla Pinta: summit of the main crater, fern-sedge zone. Isla Isabela: Volcán Alcedo: upper arid zone, Volcán Sierra Negra: littoral zone near Puerto Villamil: arid zone between P. Villamil (muro de las lagrimas) and Quinta Playa, under Scalesia cordata, Pisonia floribunda, and Heliotropium angiospermum, transition zone, under Scalesia cordata and Sapindus saponaria. Isla Fernandina: Punta Espinoza, littoral zone, mangrove litter; W slope, in dry and humid zones and in fern-sedge zone.

References: Niedbała & Schatz (1996): 273-274; Schatz (1998): 380.