Galapagos Species Database
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Chespiritos extendido
Adults of this species were collected in Miconia and Scalesia areas (Kuwahara & Marshall 2020).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Sphaeroceridae
Genus
Chespiritos
Species
extendido
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Cryptogenic
- Kuwahara, G.K. Marshall, S.A. (2020) A revision of the Neotropical genus Chespiritos (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). European Journal of Entomology, 117, 164–189.
- 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, Chespiritos extendido", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25149. Accessed 5 November 2026.