Galapagos Species Database

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

Home Research Hub dataZone Galapagos Species Database

Hemipenthes primitiva (Walker, 1849)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Bombyliidae

Genus
Hemipenthes

Species
primitiva

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Chrysanthrax primitivus (Walker, 1849);

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: San Cristóbal

References

  • Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102

You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.

This page should be cited as follows:

"Galapagos Species Database, Hemipenthes primitiva", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25123. Accessed 5 November 2026.