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Nocticanace scapania Wirth, 1969

Adults of this species were collected on intertidal rocks (Wirth 1969b). Larval trombidiid mites are parasitic on this species (Fain & Grootaert 1993). (See Sinclair, 2023)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Canacidae

Genus
Nocticanace

Species
scapania

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Nocticanace scapanius Wirth, 1969;

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Fernandina, San Cristóbal.

References

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

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