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Chrysochlorina fasciata (Thomsom, 1869)

mosca, fly

Breed in wet, rotting cactus branches and trunks of Jasminocereus spp. and Opuntia spp.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Stratiomyidae

Genus
Chrysochlorina

Species
fasciata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: Pelagomyia dubia Curran 1932: 348; Syn: albitalus Coquillett (not Williston) 1901: 373.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Baltra, Española, Floreana, Isabela, Rabida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago, Seymour.

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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Chrysochlorina fasciata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5695. Accessed 5 June 2026.