Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Xanthaciura aczeli
mosca, fly
According to collecting data, this species is common in more humid regions. Host plant unknown, but other species of this genus breed in species of Asteraceae.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Tephritidae
Genus
Xanthaciura
Species
aczeli
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santiago.
- Foote, R.H. (1982) The Tephritidae (Diptera) of the Galápagos Archipelago. Mem. Entomological Society Washington 10: 48-55.
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Xanthaciura aczeli", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7047. Accessed 9 June 2026.