Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Brachycara digitata James, 1966

mosca, fly

Specimens were reared from larvae collected from leaf litter beneath Sesuvium in association with N. albiventris.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Stratiomyidae

Genus
Brachycara

Species
digitata

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Espanola, Genovesa, Isabela, Santa Cruz.

References

  • James, M.T. (1966) The Stratiomyidae (Diptera) of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 33(17): 535-542.
  • Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
  • Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102
  • Sinclair, B.J. Peck, S.B. (2005) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Brachycara digitata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12231. Accessed 4 June 2026.