The Australian Museum Lord Howe Island Expedition 2017—Drosophilidae (Diptera)

  • Author
    Shane F. McEvey
  • Year
    2017
  • Journal
    Technical Reports of the Australian Museum (online)
  • Publisher
    The Australian Museum

Abstract

Twelve species of Drosophilidae (Diptera) have now been reported from Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea 600 km east of the Australian mainland. There are two endemic species: Scaptodrosophila howensis and an undescribed species of Leucophenga. Six species are peridomestic worldwide or widespread in the Australian Region. During the Australian Museum expeditions to the island in 2000–2002, 2009 and 2017, the number of species in the known fauna has doubled. The level of endemicity is less than the more isolated and larger Norfolk Island, which has 4 endemics (6 spp in total), New Caledonia has 35 endemics (52 in total). The number of Lord Howe Island species is a small fraction of the total fauna of Australia (278 spp), about 140 species occur at the same latitude (±2°) on the Australia mainland. The first high resolution micrographs of Mycodrosophila stigma, M. rosemaryae, Scaptodrosophila howensis, S. fungi, Dettopsomyia nigrovittata, Drosophila serrata and Drosophila busckii are published here for the first time.

 
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Short Form
McEvey, 2017. Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus., Online 26: 19–24
Author
Shane F. McEvey
Year
2017
Title
The Australian Museum Lord Howe Island Expedition 2017—Drosophilidae (Diptera)
Serial Title
Technical Reports of the Australian Museum (online)
Volume
26
Start Page
19
End Page
24
DOI
10.3853/j.1835-4211.26.2017.1703
Language
en
Date Published
14 December 2017
Cover Date
14 December 2017
ISSN (print)
1835-4211
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Subjects
LORD HOWE ISLAND; INSECTA: DIPTERA
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14 December 2017
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14 December 2017
Reference Number
1703
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