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Dettopsomyia formosa Lamb, 1914

Adults of this species were reared from tortoise dung collected fresh in the agricultural zone (Reserva Pájaro Brujo) on Santa Cruz (Lehnen et al. unpubl.) (Sinclair, 2023).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Drosophilidae

Genus
Dettopsomyia

Species
formosa

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: 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, Dettopsomyia formosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20535. Accessed 4 November 2026.