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Dohrniphora cornuta (Bigot, 1857)

mosca, fly

Found in wet and dry regions. This species has been reared from decaying mollusks and swept from vegetation along seacoasts (Bohart 1947).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Phoridae

Genus
Dohrniphora

Species
cornuta

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: Phora venusta Coquillett 1895: 107; Syn: crockeri Van Duzee 1933: 70; Syn: willowsi Van Duzee 1933: 70.

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1925

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

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

Distribution: Cosmopolitan; Baltra, Floreana, Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santiago, San Cristóbal

References

  • Disney, R.H.L. Sinclair, B.J. (2008) Some scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of the Galápagos Islands. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 151: 115-132.
  • Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
  • Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Dohrniphora cornuta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12846. Accessed 5 June 2026.