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Lepidanthrax tinctus (Thomson, 1869)

mosca, fly

Collected in dry zone. This species was collected on Pinta, visiting the flowers of Scalesia (McMullen & Naranjo 1994).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Bombyliidae

Genus
Lepidanthrax

Species
tinctus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Lepidanthrax brachialis (Thomson, 1869);

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: Bartolomé, Española, Floreana, Isabela, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé.

References

  • Curran, C.H. (1934) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 13 Diptera. Calif. Acad. Sc., Fourth Series 21(13): 147-172.
  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.

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