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Hemipenthes galapagensis Painter & Painter, 1974

mosca, fly

Collected in dry zone.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Bombyliidae

Genus
Hemipenthes

Species
galapagensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: Anthrax lateralis Thomson 1869: 482; Syn: nudiuscula Coquillett (not Thomson) 1901: 373.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Baltra, Bartolomé, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa (CAS), Isabela, Marchena, Rabida, Santa Fe, Santiago (CAS), Seymour.

References

  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.

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