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Zeros flavipes (Williston, 1896)

mosca, fly

Specimen collected in wet coastal meadow.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Ephydridae

Genus
Zeros

Species
flavipes

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1995

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Distribution: Neotropical; Isabela.

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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Zeros flavipes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12364. Accessed 2 November 2026.