Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Argentinomyia agonis
mosca, fly
This species was collected in the pampa zone surrounding Sierra Negra on Isabela.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Argentinomyia
Species
agonis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn: Syrphus albomaculatus Smith 1877: 84; Syrphus smithi van der Goot 1964: 215. B. Sinclair: Xanthandrus agonis (Walker, 1849): species now transferred to Argentinomyia as Argentinomyia agonis (Walker, 1849), 2017.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela, Floreana, Pinta, Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal.
- Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102
- Sinclair, B.J. Thompson, F.C. & Wyatt, N. (2016) The flower flies of the Galápagos Islands (Diptera: Syrphidae) Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 152: 79-96
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Argentinomyia agonis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7048. Accessed 2 November 2026.