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Asyndetus cavagnaroi Bickel & Sinclair, 1997

mosca, fly

Recorded from dry and littoral zones.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Dolichopodidae

Genus
Asyndetus

Species
cavagnaroi

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Darwin.

References

  • Bickel, D.J. Sinclair, B.J. (1997) The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Galápagos Islands, with notes on the New World fauna. Entomologica Scandinavica 28: 241-270.
  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Asyndetus cavagnaroi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12266. Accessed 2 November 2026.