Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Drosophila malerkotliana
Mosca de la fruta, Fruit fly
Adults of this species were recently reared from various fruits throughout the main populated islands (Lehnen et al. unpubl.). This species is very similar morphologically to D. ananassae (Sinclair 2023).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Drosophilidae
Genus
Drosophila
Species
malerkotliana
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2020
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Food contaminant
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.
- Parshad, R. Paika, I.J. (1965) Drosophilid survey of India. II. Taxonomy and Cytology of the Subgenus Sophophora (Drosophila). Parshad, R. & Paika, I.J. 1965. Drosophilid survey of India. II. Taxonomy and Cytology of the Subgenus Sophophora (Drosophila). Res. Bull. Panjab Univ., Science. Vol 15(1964):225-252.
- 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, Drosophila malerkotliana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18799. Accessed 16 October 2026.