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Issue: Vol. 1926 No. 1: 7 Nov. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-11-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1926.1.5
Page range: 53–60
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 2

New combinations in Hawaiian Drosophila and Scaptomyza (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California–Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall #3114, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Diptera Hawaii Drosophila attigua conservation endangered species Scaptomyzd

Abstract

The present paper transfers eight species from the genus Drosophila to the genus Scaptomyza based on characteristics of the male genitalia. One species, Scaptomyza (Titanochaeta) canuta (Hardy) new combination, fits within the concept of the subgenus Titanochaeta. The remaining seven taxa, S. improcera (Hardy) new combination, S. magnipalpa (Hardy) new combination, S. parva (Grimshawi) new combination, S. prolixa (Hardy) new combination, S. taractica (Hardy) new combination, S. totonigra (Hardy) new combination, and S. vinnula (Hardy) new combination, are included as unplaced species of Scaptomyza An additional species, Scaptomyza (Grimshawomyia) undulata (Grimshaw) new com- bination, is transferred from the subgenus Engiscaptomyza to Grimshawomyia based on morphological and molecular characters. An expanded key to the subgenera of Scaptomyza that includes these unplaced taxa is presented. In addition, Drosophila attigua Hardy & Kaneshiro is reduced to a junior new synonym of D. sharpi Grimshaw.

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