Desmometopa varipalpis, Malloch, 1927

Sinclair, Bradley J., 2023, An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador), Zootaxa 5283 (1), pp. 1-102 : 63

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FFACFB44-873F-4C12-90CF-D8442910659A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7925389

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3581C07-1920-FFB8-D29F-FD45FABE4D1B

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Desmometopa varipalpis
status

 

varipalpis Malloch View in CoL View at ENA

Desmometopa varipalpis Malloch, 1927:7 View in CoL . Sabrosky 1983:41 [revision]; Peck 1996:122 [mode of introduction]; Peck et al. 1998: 228 [introduced species]; Causton et al. 2006: 134 [introduced species].

Desmometopa m-nigrum View in CoL of authors (misidentification): Curran 1934: 162 [specimen examined in CAS]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 197 [checklist]; Peck 1996: 122 [mode of introduction]; Peck et al. 1998: 228 [introduced species].

Distribution. Introduced. Cosmopolitan; Galápagos: Baltra (CAS), Isabela, Santa Cruz (CAS).

Remarks. Adults of this species were collected in the arid zone. Sabrosky (1983) suggested that a previous record of D. m-nigrum in the Pacific was based on a misidentification. The original specimen identified by Curran (1934) upon which this record was based was re-examined, confirming the identification as D. varipalpis .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Milichiidae

Genus

Desmometopa

Loc

Desmometopa varipalpis

Sinclair, Bradley J. 2023
2023
Loc

Desmometopa m-nigrum

Peck, S. B. & Heraty, J. & Landry, B. & Sinclair, B. J. 1998: 228
Peck, S. B. 1996: 122
Linsley, E. G. & Usinger, R. L. 1966: 197
Curran, C. H. 1934: 162
1934
Loc

Desmometopa varipalpis

Causton, C. E. & Peck, S. B. & Sinclair, B. J. & Roque-Albelo, L. & Hodgson, C. J. & Landry, B. 2006: 134
Peck, S. B. & Heraty, J. & Landry, B. & Sinclair, B. J. 1998: 228
Peck, S. B. 1996: 122
Sabrosky, C. W. 1983: 41
Malloch, J. R. 1927: 7
1927
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