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Notogramma cimiciforme Loew, 1868

mosca, fly

This species was reared from rotting Jasminocereus cactus branches.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Ulidiidae

Genus
Notogramma

Species
cimiciforme

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1989

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

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

Distribution: USA to northern South America; immigrant in Oceania; Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Fé, Seymour, Marchena.

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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
  • 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, Notogramma cimiciforme", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6701. Accessed 6 September 2025.