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Chrysotus pachystoma Capellari, 2015

The region of Santa Cruz where it was found has been regularly surveyed and this was the first discovery of this odd species (Runyon & Capellari 2018). For this reason, the species is considered a recent introduction.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Dolichopodidae

Genus
Chrysotus

Species
pachystoma

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Chrysotus zumbadoi Capellari, 2015; (https://www.gbif.org/es/species/11118871). Sinclair (2023) uses the synonymous Chrysotus zumbadoi (Syn) instead of the actual name Chrysotus pachystoma suggested by GBIF.

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2014

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

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

Distribution: 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, Chrysotus pachystoma", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20247. Accessed 6 November 2026.