Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00430
Drosophila anomalipes
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About Drosophila anomalipes
Drosophila anomalipes is closely related to D. quasianomalipes, another Kauaʻi species.
Natural history and identification
Drosophila anomalipes is closely related to D. quasianomalipes, another Kauaʻi species. Their unusual morphology and behavior once complicated their placement, but molecular work associates them with the picture-wing radiation. The two remain distinct species rather than alternative names for the same fly. Evolutionary placement supplies context for comparison; it should not be used to transfer an unverified host, courtship detail, or population estimate from one sibling species to the other.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. The anomalipes species group is restricted to Kauaʻi and contains D. anomalipes and D. quasianomalipes; current taxonomic databases retain D. anomalipes.
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 anomalipes
- 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 anomalipes is closely related to D. quasianomalipes, another Kauaʻi species.