Drosophila immigrans Sturtevant, 1921:83

Mcevey, Shane F. & Polak, Michal, 2021, Drosophilidae (Diptera) of the Cook Islands, Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 73 (5), pp. 153-170 : 161

Drosophila immigrans Sturtevant, 1921:83

A specimen of the widespread species, Drosophila immigrans , with label data: “Rarotonga | Cook Islands | Te Ko’u | 2 April 1999 | C. Mullins | 305 || BMNH(E) 2002-116 | Cook Islands | Gerald | McCormack Coll.”, has been examined (SMcE Oct 2013) in the NHMUK. During the present survey the species was collected again, in very small numbers (<1% of total) at several sites on Aitutaki and Rarotonga ( Table 3). Drosophila immigrans is found worldwide ( Brake & Bächli, 2008) and has previously been collected on islands of the South Pacific from French Polynesia (McE10225– 227 in MNHN) to New Zealand (Harrison, 1959) and throughout non-arid Australia (Bock, 1976).