Galapagos Species Database
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Bifronsina bifrons
Mosca, Fly
Commonly associated with humans, feeding on decaying vegetable matter and dung (Marshall 1985).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Sphaeroceridae
Genus
Bifronsina
Species
bifrons
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Spelobia bifrons (Stenhammar, 1855); PAPP (2008) elevated to genus, former subgenus of Spelobia Spuler, 1925
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1989
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
- Marshall, S.A. Rohácek, J., Dong, H., Buck, M. (2011) The state of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera: Acalyptratae): a world catalog update covering the years 2000–2010, with new generic synonymy, new combinations, and new distributions. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae.51(1), pp. 217–298
- Papp, L. (2008) New genera of the Old World Limosininae (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 54(supplement 2): 47–209.
- 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, Bifronsina bifrons", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24723. Accessed 21 August 2025.