Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Aphaniosoma rabida
mosca, fly
Collected in littoral zones. This species was originally known only from the Galapagos islands, but through aditional collecting efforts is now recorded from Costa Rica (Wheeler Forrest 2003).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Chyromyidae
Genus
Aphaniosoma
Species
rabida
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Aphaniosoma rabida", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12311. Accessed 1 November 2026.