Neosilba McAlpine

Sinclair, Bradley J., 2023, An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador), Zootaxa 5283 (1), pp. 1-102 : 41

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.7925665
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3581C07-1936-FFAE-D29F-FF61FAA048FC
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neosilba McAlpine
status

Treatment

Genus Neosilba McAlpine View in CoL View at ENA

undetermined species

Distribution. Not determined. Galápagos: Isabela, Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal.

Material examined. Galápagos : San Cristóbal: Agricultural zone, 300 m, sweeping swarm, 20.ii.1989, B.J. Sinclair (5 ♁, 1 ♀, CNC). Isabela: Sierra Negra, 1000 m, sweeping, 3–11.1989, B.J. Sinclair (1 ♁, CNC); Villamil, 2 kmW, 2–15.iii.1989, brackish meadow, MT, S.B. Peck & B.J. Sinclair (1 ♁, CNC). Santa Cruz : El Cascajo, Finca Aguirre, 11.xi.2001, B.J. Sinclair (1 ♁, CNC).

Remarks. This species is very similar to N. certa Walker ( McAlpine & Steyskal 1982) , but lacks rough spiculate at the base of the phallus. Larvae of this genus infest fruits and vegetables ( McAlpine & Steyskal 1982).