Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pseudodoros clavatus
mosca, fly
Inhabits both dry and wet zones. Larvae observed feeding upon aphids which were present on Cryptocarpus pyriformis (CDRS).
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
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.
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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.