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Pieza sinclairi Evenhuis, 2002

Evenhuis (1990, 2002a) believed that this species was introduced to the islands since there are no records prior to the 1980s, massive numbers in pan traps of recent collectors, records are primarily from inhabited islands and the genus is not known for its dispersal ability. The occurrence of this species on many uninhabited islands, including islands not visited by tourist boats, suggest that it can naturally disperse between islands. Adults of this species were collected from flowers of Scalesia on Pinta (McMullen 1993; McMullen & Naranjo 1994)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Superfamily
Asiloidea

Family
Mythicomyiidae

Genus
Pieza

Species
sinclairi

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1985

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Parasites/pathogens on animals

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

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

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

References

  • Evenhuis, N. L. (2002) Pieza, a new genus of microbombyliids from the New World (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae). Zootaxa, 36(1), 1-28.
  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Pieza sinclairi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6808. Accessed 4 June 2026.