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Villa curvirostra Thomson, 1869

mosca, fly

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Bombyliidae

Genus
Villa

Species
curvirostra

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Genovesa, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.

References

  • Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Villa curvirostra", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12248. Accessed 3 November 2026.