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 5283 1 1 102 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1 journal article 30017 10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1 02c7ce64-10d5-4a88-9844-0570c9a54e54 1175-5326 7912667 FFACFB44-873F-4C12-90CF-D8442910659A canuta (Wulp) Sarcophagula canuta Wulp, 1896: 289 . Lopes 1978: 605 [records]. Tricharaea canuta : Causton et al. 2006: 135 [introduced species]. Tricharaea ( Sarcophagula ) canuta : Pape 1996: 434 [catalogue]. Sarcophagula occidua of authors (misidentification): Curran, 1932: 362 [records]; Curran 1934: 167 [records]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 172 [checklist]; Lopes 1969: 29 [catalogue]. Distribution. Introduced. Australasian/ Oceanian, Nearctic, Neotropical; Galápagos: Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal , Santa Cruz, Santiago. Remarks. Adults of this species were swept from dung and range from littoral to highland humid zones. This species is associated with beaches, living as a saprophage. It is found from Nearctic Mexico to Paraguay , and occurs otherwise on the Marshall Islands (an important US military base during WWII) where it was most likely introduced (T. Pape pers. comm.).