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Condylostylus longicornis (Fabricius, 1775)

mosca, fly

Asian long-legged fly, Condylostylus longicornis. El Occidente, Santa Cruz. Photo: Julia Bolaños, CDF, 2020.
Asian long-legged fly, Condylostylus longicornis. El Occidente, Santa Cruz. Photo: Julia Bolaños, CDF, 2020.

This species was collected on the sea surface in pleuston nets between islands of Galapagos (Peck 1994).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Dolichopodidae

Genus
Condylostylus

Species
longicornis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: dentaticauda Van Duzee 1933: 66

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: New World; French Polynesia; Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal, 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
  • 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.
  • 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, Condylostylus longicornis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5727. Accessed 20 February 2025.