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Blaesoxipha violenta (Walker, 1849)

mosca, fly

Inhabits dry and transition zones.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Sarcophagidae

Genus
Blaesoxipha

Species
violenta

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: galapagensis Townsend 1917: 196 (Gigantotheca).

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Baltra, Bartolomé, Fernandina, Genovesa, Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago.

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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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 violenta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12413. Accessed 2 November 2026.