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Coboldia fuscipes Meigen, 1830

Coboldia fuscipes larvae can develop in a wide variety of media (decaying organic matter, mainly vegetable, dung, fungi, etc.) and the species is frequently found in all kinds of locations, both in human settlements and in natural areas.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Nematocera

Superfamily
Scatopsoidea

Family
Scatopsidae

Section
Scatopsini

Genus
Coboldia

Species
fuscipes

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2016

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

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

Distribution: Darwin, Wolf

References

  • 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, Coboldia fuscipes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18654. Accessed 18 October 2026.