indianus Gupta

Zaprionus indianus Gupta, 1970: 63 .

Zaprionus species: Causton & Sevilla 2007: 145 [introduced species].

Distribution. Introduced. Cosmopolitan. Galápagos: San Cristóbal (ICCDRS), Santa Cruz.

Remarks. This species was first recorded on the basis of a single specimen collected in a McPhail trap in Puerto Ayora in January 2006. It has been reared on a wide variety of fruits as well as in tortoise dung (Lehnen et al. unpubl.). Elsewhere, this species is often associated with damaged or fallen rotting fruit, as well as a commercial pests of many tropical fruits (Van der Linde et al. 2006).