Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sarothromyiops dasycnemis
mosca, fly
This species is confined to the littoral and dry zones.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Sarcophagidae
Genus
Sarothromyiops
Species
dasycnemis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn: cana Townsend 1917: 196 (Prosthetocirca); inoa Coquillett 1901a: 375 (Sarcophaga) nec Walker; cinctus Townsend 1917: 196 (Sarothromyiops).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Baltra, Bartolomé, Darwin, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Seymour, Wolf.
- Buenaventura, E., Pape, T. (2018) Phylogeny, evolution and male terminalia functionality of Sarcophaginae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 183(4), 808-906.
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Sarothromyiops dasycnemis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12428. Accessed 2 November 2026.