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Minilimosina rotundipennis (Malloch, 1913)

mosca, fly

Recorded from dry to upper humid zone. Specimens frequently collected from dung (Marshall 1985.).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Sphaeroceridae

Genus
Minilimosina

Species
rotundipennis

Taxon category: Accepted

Subgenus Allolimosina

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Distribution: Neotropical; Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.

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