Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00474
Plagithmysus hoikuahiwi
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About Plagithmysus hoikuahiwi
The type series of Plagithmysus hoikuahiwi was reared from Smilax collected on Pihea Trail at 1,200 m.
Natural history and identification
The type series of Plagithmysus hoikuahiwi was reared from Smilax collected on Pihea Trail at 1,200 m. A museum-label error placed the same material under the unpublished name P. ulihihi, which also entered evolutionary diagrams. The 1996 clarification links those records back to hoikuahiwi. This provides both a verified host association and an explanation of an otherwise confusing name in older literature; it is not evidence for a second Kauaʻi species.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Catalog explicitly lists Kauaʻi I.
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
- Plagithmysus hoikuahiwi
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Endemic — Kauaʻi
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- The type series of Plagithmysus hoikuahiwi was reared from Smilax collected on Pihea Trail at 1,200 m.