Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Melanagromyza sp.
mosca, fly
Adults of this species are most common in humid zones. Adults were reared from Scalesia aspera Andersson from El Edén, near Santa Cruz (ICCDRS).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Agromyzidae
Genus
Melanagromyza
Species
sp.
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Melanagromyza floris Spencer, 1963; Genus reported for Galápagos with an undetermined species, identified as Melanagromyza floris (misidentification) (See Sinclair, 2023).
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Melanagromyza sp.", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6616. Accessed 2 November 2026.