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Scatella obscura Williston, 1896

mosca, fly

This species has been collected in the littoral and dry zones (Mathis 1995b).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Ephydridae

Genus
Scatella

Species
obscura

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Neotropical, Florida; 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Scatella obscura", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12361. Accessed 2 November 2026.