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Olcella lupina Wheeler & Forrest, 2003

mosca, fly

Perhaps also know from Marchena (CDRS, from Alejo material).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Chloropidae

Genus
Olcella

Species
lupina

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Wolf, Darwin.

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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.

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