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Lepidosina inaequalis (Malloch, 1914)

This record was initially based on a single female specimen and was tentatively identified as L. inaequalis (Marshall et al. 2007). Recent rearing studies have produced additional specimens and the initial identification of this species has been confirmed. This species was reared from mud collected fresh from a tortoise wallow in the agricultural zone (Reserva Pájaro Brujo) on Santa Cruz (Lehnen et al. unpubl.) (Sinclair, 2023).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Sphaeroceridae

Genus
Lepidosina

Species
inaequalis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Distribution: San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.

References

  • 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, Lepidosina inaequalis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25150. Accessed 5 November 2026.