Ptecticus Loew

Sinclair, Bradley J., 2023, An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador), Zootaxa 5283 (1), pp. 1-102 : 29

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FFACFB44-873F-4C12-90CF-D8442910659A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7925636

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3581C07-1902-FF9A-D29F-FF61FE1A48A4

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Ptecticus Loew
status

 

Genus Ptecticus Loew View in CoL View at ENA

undetermined species

Distribution. Not determined. Galápagos: Baltra, Santa Cruz.

Material examined. Galápagos: Santa Cruz: Bellavista , 2.iv. 2016, 400 m, A. Carrión (1 ♁, CNC) .

Remarks. A recently introduced species, first discovered at the Baltra airport. It has more recently been collected in the highlands of Santa Cruz. Many species of Ptecticus breed in decaying vegetation. This is species is possibly P. nigrifrons Enderlein.

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Stratiomyidae

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