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Blaesoxipha isla (Curran, 1934)

mosca, fly

This species was not identified in samples from the 1985 Peck expedition. Gigantotheca was previously listed as an endemic genus comprising three species, but is now considered a widespread subgenus of Blaesoxipha (Pape 1994).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Sarcophagidae

Genus
Blaesoxipha

Species
isla

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Española, Gardner (near Española).

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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Blaesoxipha isla", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12412. Accessed 2 November 2026.