Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Drosophila nebulosa
Mosca de la fruta, Fruit fly
Collected in agricultural zone (Carson et al. 1983).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Drosophilidae
Genus
Drosophila
Species
nebulosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1948
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Food contaminant
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Neotropical; Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.
- 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.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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 nebulosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12339. Accessed 3 November 2026.