Galapagos Species Database

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

Xanthaciura aczeli Foote, 1982

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.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Tephritidae

Genus
Xanthaciura

Species
aczeli

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santiago.

References

  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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.