Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann 1819)
- Dataset
- An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Calliphoridae
- genus
- Chrysomya
- species
- Chrysomya albiceps
discussion
Remarks. Adults of this species were first collected in mainland Ecuador in 1984 (Peris 1985), with the first record from the Galápagos in 1989 (Tantawi & Sinclair 2013). This species breeds in carrion, with larvae being facultative predators on other maggots (Wells & Kurahashi 1997; Tantawi & Sinclair 2013).
distribution
Distribution. Introduced. Afrotropical, Palaearctic, Neotropical; Galápagos: Caamaño, Floreana, Isabela, Marchena (ICCDRS), San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago.
Name
- Synonyms
- Musca albiceps Wiedemann 1819
- Homonyms
- Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann 1819)