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
journal article
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leptometopoides
Sabrosky
(Lehnen
et al
. unpubl.)
Desmometopa leptometopoides
Sabrosky, 1983: 40
.
Distribution.
Introduced. Afrotropics;
Galápagos
: Santa Cruz.
Remarks.
This is an African species and is the only species of this genus with broadly flattened hind tibiae. Adults of this species were recently reared from fruit in the
Scalesia
zone (Los Gemelos) and in the arid urban lowlands (Puerto Ayora) on Santa Cruz (Lehnen
et al
. unpubl.).