Galapagos Species Database

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Atissa luteipes Cresson, 1944

mosca, fly

Coastal zone, associated with brackish and saline habitats (Mathis 1995).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Ephydridae

Genus
Atissa

Species
luteipes

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Distribution: Nearctic & Neotropical; Isabela, Santa Cruz.

References

  • Carlton, J. T. Keith, I., & Ruiz, G. M. (2019) Assessing marine bioinvasions in the Galápagos islands: Implications for conservation biology and marine protected areas. Aquatic Invasions, 14(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2019.14.1.01
  • Mathis, W.N. (1995) Shore flies of the Galápagos Islands (Diptera: Ephydridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88(5): 627-640.
  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Atissa luteipes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12350. Accessed 2 November 2026.