Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00234
Scatella kauaiensis
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About Scatella kauaiensis
Scatella kauaiensis is treated as restricted to Kauaʻi.
Habitat and specimen evidence
Scatella kauaiensis is treated as restricted to Kauaʻi. The original material came from falls near a tunnel at Kōkeʻe, and later specimens include seep collections. These records give the species a wet-surface context and distinguish it from a generic coastal-only interpretation of “shore fly.” The locality evidence concerns adults; species-specific larval feeding and population trend are not established by the revision.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. 2014 distribution table marks Kauaʻi presence; article is CC BY 4.0.
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
- Scatella kauaiensis
- Family
- Ephydridae
- Order
- Diptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Endemic — Kauaʻi only
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Scatella kauaiensis is treated as restricted to Kauaʻi.