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Paracanace cavagnaroi (Wirth, 1969)

mosca, fly

Adults collected on beach and coastal zones (Wirth 1969b).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Canacidae

Genus
Paracanace

Species
cavagnaroi

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: Canace cavagnaroi, fide Mathis & Wirth 1978

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Española, Isabela, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé.

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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Paracanace cavagnaroi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12401. Accessed 2 November 2026.