Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00493
Dicranomyia kauaiensis
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About Dicranomyia kauaiensis
Dicranomyia kauaiensis belongs to the Hawaiian crane-fly radiation, but its name does not demonstrate restriction to Kauaʻi.
Natural history and identification
Dicranomyia kauaiensis belongs to the Hawaiian crane-fly radiation, but its name does not demonstrate restriction to Kauaʻi. The 2013 molecular study sampled populations relevant to a broader inter-island history and considered alternative reconstructions of their ancestry. The authors emphasized that species distributions and evolutionary origins are different questions. Hawaiian Dicranomyia have aquatic or semi-aquatic larvae at the group level; a particular Kauaʻi substrate or host is not established by the molecular analysis.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Modern phylogeny recognizes D. kauaiensis; older Kauaʻi watershed literature lists Limonia kauaiensis and the species has Kauaʻi type/occurrence history.
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
- Dicranomyia kauaiensis
- Family
- Limoniidae
- Order
- Diptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Endemic Hawaiian
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Dicranomyia kauaiensis belongs to the Hawaiian crane-fly radiation, but its name does not demonstrate restriction to Kauaʻi.