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Geranomyia tibialis (Loew, 1851)

mosca, fly, crane flies

Geranomyia tibialis Scalesia forest, Los Gemelos, Santa Cruz Island. Photo: Emma Pike, CDF, 2025.
Geranomyia tibialis Scalesia forest, Los Gemelos, Santa Cruz Island. Photo: Emma Pike, CDF, 2025.

Larvae were collected in moss on rocks of freshwater springs.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Nematocera

Family
Limoniidae

Genus
Geranomyia

Species
tibialis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Limonia tibialis (Loew, 1851); B. Sinclair: previous misidentifications of Limonia stigmatica also belong here.

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz.

References

  • 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.
  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.

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