Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00490
Dicranomyia sabroskyana
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About Dicranomyia sabroskyana
Dicranomyia sabroskyana belongs to Limoniidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Natural history and identification
Dicranomyia sabroskyana is a flightless Kauaʻi crane fly with strongly reduced wings. The phylogenetic study places it within Hawaiʻi's Dicranomyia radiation. Wing reduction is therefore an important identification and evolutionary feature, rather than evidence that a photographed adult is merely damaged. Its precise larval ecology remains incompletely known.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Goodman & O'Grady 2013 explicitly identify D. sabroskyana as a flightless Kauaʻi endemic from high-elevation terrain.
Account coverage
Published species details have been added. A complete Kauaʻi-specific account of identification, habitat, feeding, reproduction, and population trend is not yet established by the sources linked here.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Dicranomyia sabroskyana
- Family
- Limoniidae
- 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
- Dicranomyia sabroskyana belongs to Limoniidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.