Galapagos Species Database

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Trimicra pilipes (Fabricius, 1787)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Nematocera

Superfamily
Tipuloidea

Family
Limoniidae

Genus
Trimicra

Species
pilipes

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Symplecta pilipes (Fabricius, 1787); In GBIF as Symplecta pilipes (Fabricius, 1787), but we follow Sinclair (2023) and Oosterbroek (2023) [online catalogue] as Trimicra pilipes.

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: 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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"Galapagos Species Database, Trimicra pilipes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25174. Accessed 5 November 2026.