Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Chrysotus brevicornis
mosca, fly
Widespread in all biotic zones.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Dolichopodidae
Genus
Chrysotus
Species
brevicornis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn: brevispina Van Duzee 1933: 68; Syn: latifacies Van Duzee 1933: 69.
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago.
- Bickel, D.J. Sinclair, B.J. (1997) The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Galápagos Islands, with notes on the New World fauna. Entomologica Scandinavica 28: 241-270.
- Gerecke, R. Peck, S.B. & Pehofer, H.E. (1995) The invertebrate fauna of the inland waters of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador) - a limnological and zoogeographical summary. Arch. Hydrobiol./ Suppl. 107(2): 113-147.
- 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.
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
- Van Duzee, M.C. (1933) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 7 Dolichopodidae and Phoridae. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Fourth Series 21(7): 65-74.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chrysotus brevicornis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5703. Accessed 2 November 2026.