Lepidanthrax tinctus, (Thomson)

Sinclair, Bradley J., 2023, An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador), Zootaxa 5283 (1), pp. 1-102 : 30

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7926388
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scientific name	Lepidanthrax tinctus
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tinctus (Thomson) View in CoL

Anthrax tincta Thomson, 1869: 483 View in CoL .

Villa tincta: Johnson 1924: 87 [records].

Lepidanthrax tincta: Curran 1934: 151 View in CoL [records]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 166 [checklist].

Lepidanthrax tinctus: Painter & Painter 1974: 116 View in CoL [redescription]; Painter et al. 1978: 36 [catalogue]; McMullen 1993: 97 [biology]; Lamas & Couri 1996: 854 [redescription]; Evenhuis & Greathead 1999: 456 [catalogue]; Traveset et al. 2013: 5 [biology].

Anthrax brachialis Thomson, 1869: 484 View in CoL . Coquillett 1901a: 373 [records]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 166 [checklist].

Lepidanthrax brachialis: Painter & Painter 1974: 113 View in CoL [redescription]; Lamas & Couri 1996: 854 [as syn. of L. tinctus View in CoL ]; Evenhuis & Greathead 1999: 456 [catalogue; as syn. of L. tinctus View in CoL ].

Distribution. Native. Neotropical; Galápagos: Bartolomé, Española, Floreana, Isabela, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé.

Remarks. This species has been collected in the arid and littoral zones. Adults have been observed visiting the flowers of Scalesia ( McMullen & Naranjo 1994; Boada 2005).