Campsicnemus mirabilis (Grimshaw, 1902:81)
Ko'olau spurwing long-legged fly
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Emperoptera mirabilis Grimshaw, 1902:81
Conservation Status
Extinct (WCMC, 1992:209, 1996a,b; Evenhuis, 2025)
Last record: 1900 (Evenhuis, 1997, 2025); 1907
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution & Habitat
Tantalus Peak, O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Grimshaw, P. H. (1902). Diptera. In: Fauna Hawaiiensis, David Sharp, Ed. 3(2): 79-86. Cambridge Univ. Press.
Other references:
Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). (1996). 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Evenhuis, Neal L. (1997). Review of flightless Dolichopodidae (Diptera) in the Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum occasional papers 53: 1-28, 4 pl.
Evenhuis, Neal L. (2025). Campsicnemus mirabilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T3719A257423866. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T3719A257423866.en. Accessed on 18 July 2026.
Groombridge, B. (ed.). (1994). 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Hardy, D. Elmo and Delfinado, Mercedes D. (1973). Flightless Dolichopodidae (Diptera) in Hawaii. Technical Report, ISLAND ECOSYSTEMS IRP (Hawaii: U. S. International Biological Program) 20: 1-12.
Hardy, D. E. and Kohn, M. Adachi. (1964). Brachycera, Family Dolichopodidae. Insects of Hawaii, Vol. II, Diptera: pp. 13-256. [p. 119]
IUCN. (1990). IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1996a). Campsicnemus mirabilis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 27 August 2012.
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1996b). Campsicnemus mirabilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T3719A10034887. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3719A10034887.en. Accessed on 19 June 2022.
Zimmerman, Elwood Curtis. (1948). 1948. Insects of Hawaii, Vol. I. Introduction, 206 pp. Univ. Haw. Press, Honolulu. [p. 153]
Zimmerman, Elwood Curtis. (1970). Adaptive radiation in Hawaii with special reference to insects. Biotropica 2: 32-38.
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