Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Blaesoxipha plinthopyga
mosca, fly
This is a synanthropic species beeding in a variety of decaying material (Pape 1994). This species was previously assigned to the genus Hystricocnema Townsend by Lopes (1978).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Sarcophagidae
Genus
Blaesoxipha
Species
plinthopyga
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn: quadriforceps Curran 1932: 363 (Sarcophaga).
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1905
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Australasian/Oceanian; Nearctic; Neotropical; Floreana, Marchena, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé.
- Fessl, B. Kleindorfer, S. & Tebbich, S. (2006) An experimental study on the effects of an introduced parasite in Darwin’s finches. Biological Conservation 127(1): 55-61.
- Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Blaesoxipha plinthopyga", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12373. Accessed 2 November 2026.