Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Nocticanace curioi
mosca, fly
In the evenings, N. curioi rests on the backs of the crab Grapsus grapsus (L.) which sits in dry places. During the day the flies feed on the thin organic film covering rocks of the intertidal zone (Curio 1964).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Canacidae
Genus
Nocticanace
Species
curioi
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Nocticanace curioi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12395. Accessed 2 November 2026.