Review of the spoon tarsus subgroup of Hawaiian Drosophila (Drosophilidae: Diptera), with a description of one new species
Author
Lapoint, Richard T.
Author
Magnacca, Karl N.
Author
O’Grady, Patrick M.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2003
53
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.185613
8ccb9b77-9c91-40de-ac9c-27e6389d7eff
1175-5326
185613
Drosophila dasycnemia
Hardy
Figures 2
b and 3d
Drosophila dasycnemia
Hardy, 1965
: 236
–238
Diagnosis.
Elongate setae present on the posterior surface of fore tibia. The legs are yellow except for brown coxae and terminal portions of the last tarsi (see
Fig. 2
b). Wings are lightly infuscated with a brown marking apically, which extends from cell R1 to halfway through cell R4+5 (see
Fig. 3
d). The thorax is brown, and the abdomen is almost entirely dark brown, with the last tergite being yellow.
Types
. HAWAI‘I:
Holotype
ɗ (BPBM 6337) Upper Ōla‘a Forest,
viii.1952
, DEH (
Evenhuis 1982
).
Material Examined. HAWAI‘I:
61ɗ have been deposited in the
BPBM
: ɗ, Kaiwiki,
ix.1918
, OHS; 2 ɗ, Stainback Highway, 3600’,
x.2006
, KNM, RTL, GMB; 2 ɗ, Stainback Highway, Tom's Trail, 3200',
x.2006
, KNM, RTL, GMB; 2 ɗ, Kīpuka 9, Kaūmana Trail,
x.2006
, KNM, RTL, GMB; 5 ɗ, Ōla‘a Forest,
x.2006
, KNM, RTL, GMB; 5 ɗ, Ōla‘a Tr 18,
vi.2006
, KNM; 10 ɗ, Ōla‘a Tr 18,
ii.2006
, KNM; 3 ɗ, Kawaihae Uka, Kohalas,
x.2006
, KNM, RTL, GMB; ɗ, Kukuiopa‘e, South Kona Forest Reserve,
x.2006
, KNM, RTL, GMB; 5 ɗ, Laupāhoehoe, 3700',
x.2006
, KNM, RTL, GMB. 30 ɗ from the
UHIM
have been examined from the following localities: 5 ɗ, Upper Ōla‘a,
vii.1956
,
DEH
, WCM; 3 ɗ, Upper Ōla‘a,
viii.1958
,
DEH
, WCM; 12 ɗ, Upper Ōla‘a,
viii.1952
,
DEH
, WCM; 7 ɗ, Kīlauea,
viii.1958
, JWB; 2 ɗ, Volcano,
v.1915
, AB; ɗ, Mud Lane,
vi.1964
,
DEH
, LHT. The following material is present at
AMNH
: 5 ɗ, Forest behind Volcano Solid Waste Transfer Station,
O40.4
,
5.vii.1998
,
PMO
, SLM; 14 ɗ, Stainback Highway,
7–8.ii.1999
,
O49.3
,
PMO
, SLM; 2 ɗ, Forest behind Volcano Solid Waste Transfer Station,
O51.5
,
12–14.iii.1999
,
PMO
, JBS; 5 ɗ, Volcanoes National Park, Ōla‘a Forest, near
Pole
44,
O93.6
,
7.ix.2000
,
PMO
; 16 ɗ, Volcanoes National Park, Ōla‘a Forest, near
Pole
44,
O132.6
,
2.viIi.2001
,
PMO
,
CDS
. The following material is in the Essig Museum of Entomology at
UC
Berkeley: 8 ɗ, Volcanoes National Park, Ōla‘a Forest, near pole 48,
O247.2
; O201321;
6–7.vii.2004
,
PMO
, MG,
CDS
; 5 ɗ, Tree Planting Road,
O256.8
; O201497;
11.vii.2004
,
PMO
, MG; 4 ɗ, Puu Makaala Trailhead,
O257.1
, O201318,
11.vii.2004
,
PMO
, MG; ɗ, Kohala Mountains, Top of Waipio Falls,
O269.6
, O201595,
16.vii.2004
,
PMO
,
CDS
,
GS
,
SH
, MG; 2 ɗ, Volcanoes National Park, Upper Ōla‘a Forest, end of Wright Road, O272.F, O
200625
;
20.vii.2004
,
PMO
, MG,
GS
, AC.
Distribution.
This species is endemic to the island of Hawai‘i.
Behavior.
Speith (1966:272).
Ecology.
This species has been reared from leaves of
Cheirodendron trigynum
(Araliaceae)
(
Heed 1968
;
Mangan 1978
).
Illustrations.
Morphological structures of this species are depicted in multiple publications including: foreleg (
Hardy 1965: 237, fig. 74a
); phallus (
Kaneshiro 1976: 267, fig. 5 Ψ
); terminalia, male, lateral (
Hardy 1965: 237, fig. 74c
); wing (
Hardy 1965
: 237, fig. 74b;
Edwards et al 2007
: fig7).
Molecular Biology.
DNA sequences (
Baker
& DeSalle 1997
).