Galapagos Species Database

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

Aphaniosoma galamarillum Wheeler, 1994

mosca, fly

This species is most closely related to the Hawaiian species, A. minutum Hardy (Wheeler & Sinclair 1994). Phenology is the same as discussed for A. arenicolum.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Chyromyidae

Genus
Aphaniosoma

Species
galamarillum

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Isabela, Santa Cruz.

References

  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
  • Wheeler, T.A. Sinclair, B.J. (1994) Chyromyidae (Diptera) from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Three new species of Aphaniosoma Becker. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 96(3): 440-453.
  • 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, Aphaniosoma galamarillum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12310. Accessed 13 June 2025.