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Paraclius desenderi Bickel & Sinclair, 1997

mosca, fly

All specimens have been collected in the littoral zone.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Dolichopodidae

Genus
Paraclius

Species
desenderi

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: pusillus of authors (misidentification);

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Isabela, Santa Cruz.

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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Paraclius desenderi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12280. Accessed 4 June 2026.