Nocticanace curioi, Wirth, 1969
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7925428 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3581C07-195D-FFC5-D29F-FCB5FF674D3C |
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Plazi |
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Nocticanace curioi |
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Nocticanace curioi Wirth, 1969b: 583 View in CoL . Wirth 1975: 2 [catalogue]; Linsley 1977: 41 [checklist]; Mathis 1992: 8 [catalogue]; Munari & Mathis 2010: 21 [catalogue].
Distribution. Endemic. Galápagos: Pinta, Wolf.
Remarks. In the evenings, adults of N. curioi rest on the backs of the crab Grapsus grapsus (L.), which rests in dry places. During the day, the flies feed on the thin organic film covering rocks of the intertidal zone ( Curio 1964).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Carnoidea |
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Canacinae |
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Nocticanace curioi
| Sinclair, Bradley J. 2023 |
Nocticanace curioi
| Mathis, W. N. 1992: 8 |
| Linsley, E. G. 1977: 41 |
| Wirth, W. W. 1969: 583 |