Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Drosophila cardinoides Dobzhansky & Pavan, 1943

Mosca de la fruta, Fruit fly

Most common in moist uplands (Carson et al. 1983).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Drosophilidae

Genus
Drosophila

Species
cardinoides

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Distribution: Neotropical; Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.

References

  • Carson, H.L. Val, F.C. & Wheeler, M.R. (1983) Drosophilidae of the Galápagos Islands, with Descriptions of two new Species. Internatl. J. Entomol. 25(4): 239-248.
  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Drosophila cardinoides", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12329. Accessed 2 November 2026.