Desmometopa halteralis, (Coquillett)

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.7926621
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3581C07-1920-FFB8-D29F-F9DAFE754EFF
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Desmometopa halteralis
status

Treatment

halteralis (Coquillett) View in CoL

Desmometopa halteralis Coquillett, 1900: 267 View in CoL .

Distribution. Cryptogenic. Nearctic, Neotropical; Galápagos: San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.

Material examined. Galápagos: Isabela: Pro. Villamil-hotel, arid zone, 2–24.ii.1989, B.J. Sinclair (1 ♁, 2 ♀, CNC) . Santa Cruz: Los Gemelos , 13.vi.–15.vii.1985, Scalesia forest, FIT and MT, 570 m, S. & J. Peck (1 ♀, CNC) .

Remarks. Adults of this species were collected on white sand beaches.Adults were also reared from a mangrove yellow warbler ( Setophaga petechia aureola ) carcass and soldierbush ( Tournefortia rufo-sericea ) fruit collected fresh in the Scalesia zone (Los Gemelos), a smooth-billed ani ( Crotophaga ani ) carcass collected fresh in the highlands (Via Baltra), soursop ( Annona muricata ) fruit in the arid urban lowlands (Puerto Ayora), muyuyo ( Cordia lutea ) fruit collected fresh, and orange ( Citrus sinensis ) fruit in the urban littoral lowlands (Playa Ratonera). On San Cristóbal, adults were reared from corn kernels in the Miconia zone (El Junco) and in agricultural zone (Cerro Verde) (Lehnen et al. unpubl.).