Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Pareuxesta obscura Coquillett, 1901

mosca, fly

All specimens collected by the author were found in dry sone near Pto. Villamil on Isabela.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Ulidiidae

Genus
Pareuxesta

Species
obscura

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Daphne Major(?), Isabela.

References

  • Coquillett, D.W. (1901) Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898-1899. II. Entomological Results (2): Diptera. Proc. Washington Acad. Sc. 3: 371-379.
  • Curran, C.H. (1932) The Norwegian Zoological Expedition to the Galapagos Islands 1925, Conducted by Alf Wollebæk. 4. Diptera. (Excl. of Tipulidae and Culicidae). Medd. Zool. Mus., Oslo 30: 347-366.
  • Johnson, C.W. (1924) Diptera of the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(8): 85-92.
  • Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
  • Steyskal, G.C. (1966) Otitidae from the Galápagos Islands (Diptera, Acalyptratae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 34(11): 483-498.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pareuxesta obscura", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12293. Accessed 28 May 2026.