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Argoravinia rufiventris (Wiedemann, 1830)

This is a common city species in Brazil and it has been reared from damaged turtle eggs and hatchlings in Costa Rica (Carvalho-Filho & Esposito 2012). Galápagos specimens have been collected on beaches, sometimes associated with marine iguana dung (see Sinclair, 2023)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Sarcophagidae

Section
Raviniini

Genus
Argoravinia

Species
rufiventris

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

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

Distribution: Baltra, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.

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, Argoravinia rufiventris", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18655. Accessed 3 November 2026.