canuta (Wulp)

Sarcophagula canuta Wulp, 1896: 289 . Lopes 1978: 605 [records].

Tricharaea canuta: Causton et al. 2006: 135 [introduced species].

Tricharaea (Sarcophagula) canuta: Pape 1996: 434 [catalogue].

Sarcophagula occidua of authors (misidentification): Curran, 1932: 362 [records]; Curran 1934: 167 [records]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 172 [checklist]; Lopes 1969: 29 [catalogue].

Distribution. Introduced. Australasian/ Oceanian, Nearctic, Neotropical; Galápagos: Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago.

Remarks. Adults of this species were swept from dung and range from littoral to highland humid zones. This species is associated with beaches, living as a saprophage. It is found from Nearctic Mexico to Paraguay, and occurs otherwise on the Marshall Islands (an important US military base during WWII) where it was most likely introduced (T. Pape pers. comm.).