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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nudiseta
(Wulp)
Cyrtoneura nudiseta
Wulp, 1833: 42
.
Synthesiomyia nudiseta
:
Curran 1932: 360
[records];
Linsley & Usinger 1966: 171
[checklist];
Pont 1972: 11
[catalogue];
Peck 1996: 122
[mode of introduction];
Peck
et al
. 1998: 228
[introduced species];
Carvalho
et al
. 2005: 75
[catalogue];
Causton
et al.
2006: 134
[introduced species].
Synthesiomyia brasiliana
Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1893: 96
.
Coquillett 1901a: 375
[records].
Distribution.
Introduced. Afrotropical, Australasian/ Oceanian, Neotropical, Oriental;
Galápagos
: Floreana, Genovesa,
Isabela
, Pinta,
Rábida (ICCDRS)
, Santa Fé, Santa Cruz (ICCDRS).
Remarks.
This species is known primarily from the littoral, arid and transition zones. This species breeds in various animal and vegetable wastes, but it mostly prefers carrion; completing its life cycle in less than three weeks (
James 1947
).