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Paratissa pollinosa (Williston, 1896)

mosca, fly

Confined to littoral zone, especially on organic and accumulated debris (Mathis 1995b).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Ephydridae

Genus
Paratissa

Species
pollinosa

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: semilutea of authors (misidentification)

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1964

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

Distribution: Neotropical (Carribean); Oceanian; Santa Cruz.

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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Paratissa pollinosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12358. Accessed 2 November 2026.