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Astiosoma sabulosum Forrest & Wheeler, 2002

mosca, fly

Collected in littoral and dry zones, including some specimens collected on flowers of palo santo trees (Bursera sp.) (Forrest & Wheeler 202)/

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Asteiidae

Genus
Astiosoma

Species
sabulosum

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Floreana, Rábida, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Seymour.

References

  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Astiosoma sabulosum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12299. Accessed 2 November 2026.