Scaptomyza cuspidata Hardy, 1965

Rampasso, Augusto Santos & O’Grady, Patrick Michael, 2025, Review of Hawaiian Elmomyza species (Diptera, Drosophilidae, Scaptomyza). I. The cyrtandrae, exigua, and obscuricornis species groups, with the descriptions of nine new species, Zootaxa 5729 (1), pp. 1-42 : 10

Scaptomyza cuspidata Hardy, 1965

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Scaptomyza cuspidata Hardy, 1965: 671 .

Diagnosis. Epandrium broad, with a well-developed and broad posterior lobe, which becomes pointed posteriorly. Surstylus is large and curved in posterior view, in a similar shape as the epandrial posterior lobe in lateral view. A row of eight surstylar teeth is found in the dorsal portion of the surstylus. A group of large bristles is found in the ventral portion of the surstylus.

Distribution. Hawaiian Islands : Hawaiʻi, Maui.

Ecology. This species uses leaves of native ʻōlapa ( Cheirodendron trigynum, Araliacaeae ) as breeding site ( Heed 1968).

Types. The holotype male (6518, on pin) and allotype female (6518a, on pin) are deposited in the BPBM (not examined). Palikū, Haleakalā Crater, Maui, 6,515 ft. [ 1,986 m], Jun 1953, D. E. Hardy col.

Material Examined. Paratype. 1 ♂ ( UHIM2015.01070 ), Kūlani , Hawaiʻi, 5,200 ft. [ 1,585 m], Jul 1952, D. E. Hardy col., D. E. Hardy det. Other material. 1 ♂ ( OG515.4 ), Puʻu ʻŌʻō, Saddle Road , Hawaiʻi, 11 Jan 2009, P. M. O’Grady, G. M. Bennett, S. Bridgers, K. Tran, E. Young, S. Souder col.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Habitus of Scaptomyza cuspidata Hardy, 1965 (specimen UHIM2015.01070, [paratype]), in dorsal (A) and left lateral (B) views. Scale bar = 1 mm. Male terminalia of specimen OG515.4.A in posterior (C), oblique posterior (D) and left lateral (E) views. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.