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Gymnoptera simplex (Brues, 1905)

mosca, fly

Specimens have been collected on insect carrion.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Phoridae

Genus
Gymnoptera

Species
simplex

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1989

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

Distribution: Tropicopolitan; Santa Cruz

References

  • Disney, R.H.L. Sinclair, B.J. (2008) Some scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of the Galápagos Islands. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 151: 115-132.
  • Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102

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"Galapagos Species Database, Gymnoptera simplex", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12847. Accessed 4 November 2026.