Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Aphaniosoma galamarillum
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.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Chyromyidae
Genus
Aphaniosoma
Species
galamarillum
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela, Santa Cruz.
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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.