longicornis (Fabricius)

Musca longicornis Fabricius, 1775: 783 .

Condylostylus longicornis: Bickel 1996: 340 [biogeography]; Bickel & Sinclair 1997: 244 [redescription]; Yang et al. 2006: 405 [catalogue]; Sinclair 2009: 109 [distribution].

Condylostylus dentaticauda Van Duzee, 1933: 66 . Linsley & Usinger 1966: 167 [checklist]; Bickel & Sinclair 1997: 244 [as syn. of C. longicornis].

Distribution. Native. Nearctic, Neotropical, French Polynesia; Galápagos: Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal (ICCDRS), Santiago.

Remarks. Adults of this species were collected on the sea surface in pleuston nets between islands of the Galápagos (Peck 1994b). This species is believed to have naturally dispersed to the Galápagos and Polynesia (Bickel 1996; Bickel & Sinclair 1997).