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Lipochaeta ranica Mathis & Trautwein, 2003

mosca, fly

This species was swept from the dry zones of beaches.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Ephydridae

Genus
Lipochaeta

Species
ranica

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: L. slossonae auct. non Coquillett 1896: 220

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: New World; Isabela, Santa Cruz.

References

  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Lipochaeta ranica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12356. Accessed 6 June 2026.