Drosophila toxochaeta Perreira & Kaneshiro, 1990:84
Molokai picturewing fly
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (NatureServe, 2026) or Extinct (Suckling et al., 2004)
Last record: 1985 (Suckling et al., 2004); 1997 (NatureServe, 2026)
Distribution & Habitat
Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Perreira, William D. and Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y. (1990). Three New Species of Picture-Winged Drosophila from the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 30: 79-84.
Other references:
Magnacca, K. N. and Price, D. K. (2012). New species of Hawaiian picture wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae), with a key to species. Zootaxa 3188: 1-30.
NatureServe. (2026). Drosophila toxochaeta: a pomace fly. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at: https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed on 1 November 2026]
Nishida, G. M. (ed.). (1994). Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropoda Checklist. Second Edition. Hawaii Biological Survey, Contribution No. 94-04. Bishop Museum: Honolulu, Hawaii. 287 pp.
Suckling, Kieran, Slack, Rhiwena and Nowicki, Brian. (2004). Extinct and the Endangered Species Act. Centre For Biological Diversity. 63 pp.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). (1996). Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Plant and Animal Taxa That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species. Federal Register 61(40):7596-7613.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). (1997). Notice of reclassification of ten candidate taxa. Federal Register 62(182): 49191-94193, September 19, 1997.
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