Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Pseudodoros clavatus (Fabricius, 1794)

mosca, fly

Inhabits both dry and wet zones. Larvae observed feeding upon aphids which were present on Cryptocarpus pyriformis (CDRS).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Syrphidae

Genus
Pseudodoros

Species
clavatus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: Baccha facialis Thomson 1869: 504

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

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

Distribution: New World; Baltra, Española, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Rabida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago.

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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
  • Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
  • 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, Pseudodoros clavatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6848. Accessed 7 June 2025.