Scaptomyza affinicuspidata 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 : 8

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Scaptomyza affinicuspidata Hardy, 1965 View in CoL

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Scaptomyza affinicuspidata Hardy, 1965: 646 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Epandrium broad, with a well-developed and sharp-pointed posterior lobe. Surstylus is large and strongly curved in lateral view, small in lateral view. A row of seven surstylar teeth is distributed in the dorsal portion of the surstylus. Epandrial posterior lobes and surstyli are often in an interdigitate arrangement. A group of large bristles is found in the ventral portion of the surstylus.

Distribution. Hawaiian Islands : Maui.

Ecology. This species uses unknown substrates of native Lobelia gloria-montis ( Campanulaceae ) as breeding site ( Heed 1968).

Types. The holotype male (6502, on pin) and allotype female (6502a, on pin) are deposited in the BPBM (not examined). Palikū, Haleakalā Crater, Maui, 6,515 ft. [ 1,986 m], Aug 1958, D. E. Hardy col.

Material Examined. 1 ♂ ( UHIM2015.00161 ), Puʻu Kukui, Maui, 4,000 ft. [ 1,219 m], 04 Aug 1964, D. E. Hardy col.