Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Piophila casei
moscas y mosquitos, cheese skipper
This is a synanthropic species and a serious pest in the food industry (McAlpine 1977).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Piophilidae
Genus
Piophila
Species
casei
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1835
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Food contaminant
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
- Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
- Peck, S.B. (1996) Origin and development of an insect fauna on a remote archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. In: Keast A., Miller S.E. (eds.): The origin and evolution of Pacific Island biotas, New Guinea to eastern Polynesia: patterns and processes. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, p. 91-122.
- Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102
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"Galapagos Species Database, Piophila casei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12295. Accessed 5 June 2025.