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Drino inca (Townsend, 1911)

mosca, fly

This species ranges from dry to upland humid zones.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Tachinidae

Genus
Drino

Species
inca

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Southern Nearctic and northern Neotropical; Española, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.

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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Drino inca", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12429. Accessed 2 November 2026.