Galapagos Species Database
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Sclerocoelus galapagensis
mosca, fly
Collected primarily from upper humid zones and associated with wet, decaying leaf litter (Marshall 1997). This species forms the sister group to the rest of the Neotropical members of the species group (Marshall 1997).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Sphaeroceridae
Genus
Sclerocoelus
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
- Marshall, S.A. (1997) A Revision of the Sclerocoelus galapagensis group (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Insecta Mundi 11(2): 97-116.
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Sclerocoelus galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12325. Accessed 21 May 2026.