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Chersodromia galapagensis Bickel & Sinclair
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galapagensis Bickel & Sinclair
Medetera galapagensis Bickel & Sinclair, 1997: 246. Yang et al. 2006: 277 [catalogue].
Distribution. Endemic. Galápagos: Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago.
Remarks. Although larvae of this genus are mostly known as predators of scolytid beetle larvae (Bickel 1985), the immatures of this species likely inhabit rotting cactus (Bickel & Sinclair 1997).
Notes
Published as part of Sinclair, Bradley J., 2023, An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador), pp. 1-102 in Zootaxa 5283 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912667
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Bickel & Sinclair
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Dolichopodidae
- Genus
- Chersodromia
- Species
- galapagensis
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Bickel, D. J. & Sinclair, B. J. (1997) The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Galapagos Islands, with notes on the New World fauna. Entomologica scandinavica, 28, 241 - 270. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 187631297 X 00079
- Yang, D., Zhu, Y., Wang, M. & Zhang, L. (2006) World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). China Agricultural University Press, Beijing, 704 pp.
- Bickel, D. J. (1985) A revision of the Nearctic Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). United States Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin, No. 1692, 1 - 109.