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Chetogena scutellaris (Wulp, 1890)

mosca, fly

This species was collected in the upland humid zone. Specimens in the Darwin Station have been reared from Lepidoptera.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Tachinidae

Genus
Chetogena

Species
scutellaris

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Neotropical; Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Rabida, Santiago.

References

  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102

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"Galapagos Species Database, Chetogena scutellaris", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5687. Accessed 11 May 2025.