pollinosa (Williston)

Drosophila pollinosa Williston, 1896: 414 .

Paratissa pollinosa: Mathis 1993a: 39 [revision]; Mathis 1995b: 631 [review].

Paratissa semilutea of authors (misidentification): Wirth 1969b: 590 [records]; Linsley 1977: 40 [checklist]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 1995: 29 [catalogue].

Distribution. Introduced. Nearctic, Neotropical, Australasian/ Oceanian; Galápagos: Santa Cruz.

Remarks. This species is confined to the littoral zone, where it is found on organic and accumulated debris (Mathis 1995b).