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Puliciphora sobria Borgmeier, 1960

mosca, fly

On Santa Cruz, adults of this species were collected in a pitfall trap in a Los Gemelos survey. Females of this species are wingless.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Phoridae

Genus
Puliciphora

Species
sobria

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1989

Mode of introduction: Accidental

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: Neotropics; Galápagos: introduced; Floreana, San Cristobal, 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, Puliciphora sobria", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12855. Accessed 4 November 2026.