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Emperoptera mirabilis Grimshaw, 1902:81

Ko'olau spurwing long-legged fly

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Campsicnemus mirabilis Grimshaw, 1902:81

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1907

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

 

Distribution

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.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Hardy, D. Elmo; 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.

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.

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.

http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/endangered/ext-insects.html

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/20352/emperoptera-campsicnemus-mirabilis

 

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