An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador)
Author
Sinclair, Bradley J.
0000-0001-6413-1606
bradley.sinclair@inspection.gc.ca
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-09
5283
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1
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galapagensis
(Coquillett)
Ceratopogon galapagensis
Coquillett, 1901a: 372
.
Johnson 1924: 86
[records];
Curran 1932: 348
[records].
Dasyhelea galapagensis
:
Curran 1934: 149
[records].
Forcipomyia fuliginosa
of authors (misidentification):
Wirth 1956: 357
[synonymy];
Linsley & Usinger 1966: 165
[checklist].
Forcipomyia galapagensis
:
Wirth 1969b: 573
[review];
Linsley 1977: 38
[checklist].
Forcipomyia
(
Microhelea
)
galapagensis
:
Wirth 1972: 572
[review];
Wirth 1974: 8
[catalogue];
Borkent 1991: 99
[review];
Borkent & Wirth 1997: 44
[catalogue];
Borkent & Dominiak 2020: 91
[catalogue].
Distribution.
Endemic. Galápagos: (Baltra?), Española, Fernandina, (Gardner?), Isabela, Marchena (ICCDRS), Pinzón,
San Cristóbal
, Santa Cruz, Santiago.
Remarks.
This species is recorded from the coast to the agricultural zone (
Wirth 1969b
). Adults have been collected on the sea surface and in aerial nets between islands (
Peck 1994a
, b).