Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00247
Sigmatineurum napali
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About Sigmatineurum napali
Sigmatineurum napali is a Kauaʻi long-legged fly described from adults about 4 mm long.
Natural history and identification
Sigmatineurum napali is a Kauaʻi long-legged fly described from adults about 4 mm long. The male has blue-green reflections and a strongly S-shaped wing crossvein with spur veins and dark shading. Field observations placed adults on steep wet rock immediately above the water at a shaded waterfall in the Hanakoa headwaters. The observed microhabitat was the wet waterfall face, not the nearby horizontal stream rocks.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Bishop Museum and Kauaʻi environmental survey sources record Sigmatineurum napali on Kauaʻi in wet rock / riparian seep habitat.
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
- Sigmatineurum napali
- Family
- Dolichopodidae
- Order
- Diptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Endemic — Kauaʻi
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Sigmatineurum napali is a Kauaʻi long-legged fly described from adults about 4 mm long.