Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Medetera galapagensis
mosca, fly
Although larvae are known as predators of scolytid beetle larvae, the immatures of this species likely inhabit rotting cactus (Bickel 1985).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Dolichopodidae
Genus
Medetera
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela, Floreana, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago.
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Medetera galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12279. Accessed 3 November 2026.