Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Allograpta neosplendens
mosca, fly
Known from both dry and humid regions.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Allograpta
Species
neosplendens
Taxon category: Accepted
B. Sinclair: Allograpta neosplendens Sinclair & Thompson, 2016
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago.
- Curran, C.H. (1934) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 13 Diptera. Calif. Acad. Sc., Fourth Series 21(13): 147-172.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102
- Sinclair, B.J. Peck, S.B. (2005) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
- Sinclair, B.J. Thompson, F.C. & Wyatt, N. (2016) The flower flies of the Galápagos Islands (Diptera: Syrphidae) Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 152: 79-96
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"Galapagos Species Database, Allograpta neosplendens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5508. Accessed 2 November 2026.