Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00431
Drosophila glabriapex
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About Drosophila glabriapex
Drosophila glabriapex has type material from Mōhihi Stream in the Kōkeʻe region and is a named member of the Hawaiian picture-wing radiation.
Natural history and identification
Drosophila glabriapex has type material from Mōhihi Stream in the Kōkeʻe region and is a named member of the Hawaiian picture-wing radiation. Its placement is important in studies of host shifts and island colonization. A specimen from a stream locality is not evidence of an aquatic larva: the locality describes where the adult was collected. Species-level identification and a rearing record are needed to connect a particular adult with a developmental substrate.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Current taxonomy recognizes D. glabriapex; Hawaiian Drosophila literature records it from Kauaʻi and modern genomic material comes from Kauaʻi.
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
- Drosophila glabriapex
- Family
- Drosophilidae
- Order
- Diptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Endemic — Kauaʻi
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Drosophila glabriapex has type material from Mōhihi Stream in the Kōkeʻe region and is a named member of the Hawaiian picture-wing radiation.