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Ceropsilopa nasuta Cresson, 1917

Adults of this species were recently reared from seashore dropseed (Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth) flowerheads, collected fresh in the urban and arid zones on Santa Cruz (Lehnen et al. unpubl.) and also swept from the beaches (Sinclair 2023).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Ephydridae

Genus
Ceropsilopa

Species
nasuta

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2016

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Distribution: 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, Ceropsilopa nasuta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25157. Accessed 5 November 2026.