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
Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-09
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1
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orientalis
Schiner
Atherigona orientalis
Schiner, 1868: 295
.
Pont 1972: 24
[catalogue];
Peck 1996: 122
[mode of introduction];
Peck
et al
. 1998: 228
[introduced species];
Carvalho
et al
. 2005: 12
[catalogue];
Causton
et al
. 2006: 134
[introduced species].
Atherigona pulvinata
(
Grimshaw, 1901: 42
)
.
Aldrich 1921: 94
[record].
Distribution.
Introduced. Cosmopolitan; Galápagos: Española, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena (ICCDRS),
San Cristóbal
(ICCDRS), Santa Cruz.
Remarks.
Larvae inhabit mostly decaying fruit and vegetables, but sometimes carrion (
Pont 1986
). Adults of this species were reared from wet, decaying
Jasminocereus
.