Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Cosmosciara hartii (Johannsen, 1912)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Nematocera

Family
Sciaridae

Genus
Cosmosciara

Species
hartii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Epidapus perniciosus (Edwards, 1922);

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

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

Distribution: Floreana

References

  • Mohrig, W., Kauschke, E., Broadley, A. (2019) Revision of black fungus gnat species (Diptera, Sciaridae) described from the Hawaiian Islands by D.E. Hardy and W.A. Steffan, and a contribution to the knowledge of the sciarid fauna of the Galápagos Islands. Zootaxa 4590 (4): 401–439
  • 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, Cosmosciara hartii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25121. Accessed 4 November 2026.