Drosophila toxochaeta Perreira & Kaneshiro, 1990:84
Molokai picturewing fly
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1985 (Suckling et al. 2004); 1997?
Distribution
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:
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). (1997). Notice of reclassification of ten candidate taxa. Federal Register 62(182):49191-93, September 19, 1997.
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