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Glenanthe ruetzleri Mathis, 1995

mosca, fly

Littoral zone, associated with brackish and coastal habitats (Mathis 1995).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Ephydridae

Genus
Glenanthe

Species
ruetzleri

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Neotropical; Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé.

References

  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Glenanthe ruetzleri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12353. Accessed 2 November 2026.