Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00223
Ochthera circularis
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About Ochthera circularis
Ochthera circularis has enlarged grasping forelegs used in its predatory life around stream margins.
Natural history and identification
Ochthera circularis has enlarged grasping forelegs used in its predatory life around stream margins. The Hawaiian aquatic survey reports adults swept from rocks beside flowing freshwater above tidal influence. Those detailed observations are from Oʻahu, where the species was first reported in 1982; Kauaʻi surveys provide separate island occurrence evidence. Its effects on native insects were not measured in the reviewed report.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Kauaʻi records include Makaleha and Hanakāpīʻai streams.
Evidence limits
The cited observations describe the evidence currently available for this account. They do not establish a complete life history or a measured current Kauaʻi population trend.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Ochthera circularis
- Family
- Ephydridae
- Order
- Diptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Ochthera circularis has enlarged grasping forelegs used in its predatory life around stream margins.