An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador)
Author
Sinclair, Bradley J.
0000-0001-6413-1606
bradley.sinclair@inspection.gc.ca
text
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1
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Genus
Neosilba
McAlpine
undetermined species
Distribution.
Not determined. Galápagos: Isabela, Santa Cruz,
San Cristóbal
.
Material examined.
Galápagos
:
San Cristóbal
:
Agricultural
zone,
300 m
, sweeping swarm,
20.ii.1989
,
B.J. Sinclair
(5 ♁,
1 ♀
,
CNC
).
Isabela: Sierra Negra,
1000 m
, sweeping, 3–11.1989,
B.J. Sinclair
(1 ♁,
CNC
);
Villamil
, 2 kmW,
2–15.iii.1989
, brackish meadow,
MT
,
S.B. Peck
&
B.J. Sinclair
(1 ♁,
CNC
).
Santa Cruz
:
El Cascajo
,
Finca Aguirre
,
11.xi.2001
,
B.J. Sinclair
(1 ♁,
CNC
).
Remarks.
This species is very similar to
N. certa
Walker (
McAlpine & Steyskal 1982
)
, but lacks rough spiculate at the base of the phallus. Larvae of this genus infest fruits and vegetables (
McAlpine & Steyskal 1982
).