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Zeros fenestralis (Cresson, 1918)

mosca, fly

Collected primarily from wet upland regions (Wirth 1969b, Mathis 1995b).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Ephydridae

Genus
Zeros

Species
fenestralis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Neotropical; Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago.

References

  • Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
  • Wirth, W.W. (1969) New species and records of Galápagos Diptera. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Fourth Series 36(20): 571-594.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Zeros fenestralis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12363. Accessed 2 November 2026.