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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plinthopyga
(Wiedemann)
Sarcophaga plinthopyga
Wiedemann, 1830: 360
.
Curran 1934: 169
[record];
Linsley & Usinger 1966: 172
[checklist].
Hystricocnema plinthopyga
:
Lopes 1969: 45
[catalogue];
Lopes 1978: 610
[remarks];
Peck 1996: 122
[mode of introduction].
Blaesoxipha
(
Gigantotheca
)
plinthopyga
:
Pape 1994: 66
[catalogue];
Pape 1996: 201
[catalogue].
Blaesoxipha plinthopyga
:
Peck
et al
. 1998: 229
[introduced species];
Causton
et al
. 2006: 134
[introduced species].
Sarcophaga quadriforceps
Curran, 1932: 363
.
Curran 1934: 169
[as syn. of
S. plinthopyga
].
Distribution.
Introduced. Australasian/ Oceanian, Nearctic, Neotropical;
Galápagos
: Floreana, Marchena (ICCDRS),
San Cristóbal
, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé.
Remarks.
This is a synanthropic species breeding in a variety of decaying materials (
Pape 1994
). Reared from cadaver of
Geospiza fortis
and
Microlophus albemarlensis
(Lehnen
et al
. unpubl.)