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Placopsidella phaeonota Mathis, 1986

Adults of this species were recently collected in the littoral zone (Sinclair, 2023).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Ephydridae

Genus
Placopsidella

Species
phaeonota

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, Placopsidella phaeonota", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25159. Accessed 5 November 2026.