Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cosmosciara hartii
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
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana
- 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.