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Cyrtoneuropsis rescita (Walker, 1861)

mosca, fly

Cyrtoneuropsis rescita Scalesia forest, Los Gemelos, Santa Cruz Island. Photo: Emma Pike, CDF, 2025.
Cyrtoneuropsis rescita Scalesia forest, Los Gemelos, Santa Cruz Island. Photo: Emma Pike, CDF, 2025.

It probably is a dung breeder like all other known Cyrtoneurina Giglio-Tos and Cytoneuropsis.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Muscidae

Genus
Cyrtoneuropsis

Species
rescita

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1996

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

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

Distribution: Mexico to Bolivia, Brasil and Paraguay; Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz.

References

  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Cyrtoneuropsis rescita", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5776. Accessed 2 November 2026.