Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00236
Scatella stagnalis
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About Scatella stagnalis
Scatella stagnalis is an adventive shore fly whose Kauaʻi occurrence was added in the 2014 revision.
Habitat and specimen evidence
Scatella stagnalis is an adventive shore fly whose Kauaʻi occurrence was added in the 2014 revision. The island record includes the mouth of Lower Kaeke Stream. Across the review it is associated with agricultural and other human-modified wet habitats. The publication date of a new island record is not necessarily its arrival date; specimens can document a species that had been present before it was formally reported.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. 2014 distribution table marks Kauaʻi presence; article is CC BY 4.0.
Evidence limits
The cited observations describe the evidence currently available for this account. They do not establish a complete life history or a measured current Kauaʻi population trend.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Scatella stagnalis
- Family
- Ephydridae
- Order
- Diptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Adventive
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Scatella stagnalis is an adventive shore fly whose Kauaʻi occurrence was added in the 2014 revision.