Brachyodina insularis, (Townsend)

Sinclair, Bradley J., 2023, An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador), Zootaxa 5283 (1), pp. 1-102 : 76

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.7926718
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3581C07-1955-FFCD-D29F-FE08FC8A4A88
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Brachyodina insularis
status

Treatment

insularis (Townsend) View in CoL

Opsophytopsis insularis Townsend, 1918: 163 View in CoL . Lopes 1969: 11 [catalogue]; Lopes 1978: 602 [remarks]; Lopes 1979: 151 [redescription].

Blaesoxipha (Acridiophaga) insularis: Pape 1994: 55 View in CoL [transferred to Blaesoxipha View in CoL ]; Pape 1996: 185 [catalogue].

Acridiophaga spinosa Lopes, 1978: 602 View in CoL . Pape 1994: 55 [as syn. of B. insularis View in CoL ].

Sarcophaga reversa View in CoL of authors (misidentification): Johnson 1924: 89 [records]; Curran 1932: 366 [record]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 172 [checklist].

Distribution. Endemic. Galápagos: Baltra, Isabela, Pinta, Rábida, Santa Cruz , Santiago.

Remarks. Opsophytopsis Townsend was previously considered an endemic genus, but is now assigned as a junior synonym of subgenus Acridiophaga ( Pape 1994) .