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Diplotaxa loma Wheeler & Forrest, 2003

mosca, fly

Collected in the humid zone and is possibly phytophagous in the flower heads of sedges (Cyperaceae) (Wheeler & Forret 2003).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Chloropidae

Genus
Diplotaxa

Species
loma

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.

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