Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Scaptomyza santacruzi
mosca, fly
Inhabits mesic uplands in Scalesia forests (Carson et al. 1983).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Drosophilidae
Genus
Scaptomyza
Species
santacruzi
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: 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.
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Scaptomyza santacruzi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12344. Accessed 3 November 2026.