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Athyroglossa tectora

Status not recordedinsects

Athyroglossa tectora is a species in the family Ephydridae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about Athyroglossa tectora

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Athyroglossa tectora live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Athyroglossa tectora as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Ecuador

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Athyroglossa tectora endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Athyroglossa tectora classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyEphydridae
  6. genusAthyroglossa
  7. SpeciesAthyroglossa tectora Cresson, 1926

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Athyroglossa tectora

Other species in the same genus Athyroglossa.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Athyroglossa tectora an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Athyroglossa tectora as introduced in 1 country: Ecuador, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Athyroglossa tectora?

Athyroglossa tectora (Athyroglossa tectora) belongs to the family Ephydridae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Athyroglossa tectora (Athyroglossa tectora). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/athyroglossa-tectora

MLA

“Athyroglossa tectora (Athyroglossa tectora).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/athyroglossa-tectora.

BibTeX
@misc{athyroglossa_tectora_2026,
  title = {Athyroglossa tectora (Athyroglossa tectora)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/athyroglossa-tectora},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}