Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00414
Drosophila ornata
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About Drosophila ornata
Drosophila ornata is a Kauaʻi member of the Hawaiian picture-wing radiation, placed in the adiastola assemblage.
Natural history and identification
Drosophila ornata is a Kauaʻi member of the Hawaiian picture-wing radiation, placed in the adiastola assemblage. Its type specimen is from the Kānaele swamp area. The patterned adult wing is relevant to identification and evolutionary comparison, while larval host use requires separate rearing evidence. The 2015 phylogeny discusses this species in its taxonomic framework but notes its absence from the sampled sequence set; listing it there should not be represented as a newly sequenced specimen.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Wing-diversity database and phylogenetic literature list D. ornata from Kauaʻi.
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
- Drosophila ornata
- Family
- Drosophilidae
- 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
- Drosophila ornata is a Kauaʻi member of the Hawaiian picture-wing radiation, placed in the adiastola assemblage.