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Bitheca involuta Marshall, 1987

mosca, fly

Collected in the highland forest.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Sphaeroceridae

Genus
Bitheca

Species
involuta

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Distribution: Neotropical; Santiago.

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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.

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