Drosophila sharpi Grimshaw, 1901
Sharp's drosophila
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Drosophila sharpi Hardy, 1965 [incorrect authorship and year]; Drosophila attigua Hardy & Kaneshiro, 1969
Conservation Status
Missing (Greenwald et al., 2019)
Last record: 1991 (Greenwald et al., 2019)
Distribution & Habitat
Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Grimshaw, P. H. (1901). Part I. Diptera. In: Sharpe, D. (ed.). Fauna Hawaiiensis. Vol. 3 (1). University Press, Cambridge, pp. 1 - 77.
Other references:
Greenwald, Noah, Suckling, Kieran F., Hartl, Brett and Mehrhoff, L. A. (2019). Extinction and the U.S. Endangered Species Act. PeerJ 7: e6803 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6803 [Supplemental Information (Extinct or possibly extinct listed species)]
Hardy, D. E. (1965). Diptera: Cyclorrhapha II, Series Schizophora. Section Acalypteratae I. Family Drosophilidae. Insects of Hawaii 12, vii + 814 pp.
Hardy, D. E. and Kaneshiro, K. Y. (1969). Descriptions of New Hawaiian Drosophila. The University of Texas Publication 6918: 39-54.
Kenshiro, K.Y. and K. Kenshiro. 1995. Draft listing proposal for 18 species of Hawaiian picture-wing Drosophila. Document submitted to the Pacific Islands Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Magnacca, K. N. and O'Grady, P. M. (2008). New combinations in Hawaiian Drosophila and Scaptomyza (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Zootaxa 1926(1): 53-60. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1926.1.5
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): 1-30. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3188.1.1
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (2017f). 5-Year Review: summary and evaluation, picture-wing fly (Drosophilla sharpi). https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc5232.pdf