Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00505
Notiphila insularis
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About Notiphila insularis
Notiphila insularis is a Hawaiian endemic shore fly with records from several islands, rather than a Kauaʻi-only endemic.
Natural history and identification
Notiphila insularis is a Hawaiian endemic shore fly with records from several islands, rather than a Kauaʻi-only endemic. A Bishop Museum report added Maui from a specimen collected at Honomanu Bay near sea level on 2 December 1995; Kauaʻi was already part of its documented range. The locality is an adult occurrence record and does not establish the larval food or breeding substrate on Kauaʻi.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Hawaii Biological Survey records Notiphila insularis as endemic and previously known from Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi.
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
- Notiphila insularis
- Family
- Ephydridae
- Order
- Diptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Endemic Hawaiian
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Notiphila insularis is a Hawaiian endemic shore fly with records from several islands, rather than a Kauaʻi-only endemic.