Scaptomyza neocyrtandrae Burgunder, Rampasso & O’Grady, 2022

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 : 6

Scaptomyza neocyrtandrae Burgunder, Rampasso & O’Grady, 2022

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Scaptomyza neocyrtandrae Burgunder, Rampasso & O’Grady, 2022: 81 .

Diagnosis. Surstylus strongly developed dorsoventrally, with three posterior projections. The dorsal projection is digitate and bears a single surstylar tooth at the apex; the medial is blunt, whereas the ventral projection is apically narrowed in lateral view.

Distribution. Hawaiian Islands : Maui.

Ecology. This species is associated with leaves of native Cyrtandra spp. ( Gesneriaceae ) as both feeding and breeding sites ( Burgunder et al. 2022).

Types. The holotype male and allotype female are deposited in BPBM. Carson Trail, Waikamoi (Haʻikū Uka), Maui , 3,600 ft [ 1,097 m], 6 Aug 2005, O305.2, 205635, P. M. O’Grady, G. M. Bennett col.

New collection records: 3 ♂♂ (UHIM2016.41062, 41065, 41066), 4 ♀♀ (UHIM2016.41063, 41064, 41067, 41068), and 1 undetermined sex (UHIM2016.41072), Waikamoi (Haʻikū Uka area), Maui, 4,000 ft [ 1,219 m], 09 Apr 1969, on Cyrtandra sp. ( Gesneriaceae ), D. E. Hardy col.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Habitus of Scaptomyza neocyrtandrae Burgunder, Rampasso & O’Grady, 2022 in dorsal (A) and left lateral (B) views. Scale bar = 1 mm. Male terminalia in posterior (C), oblique posterior (D) and left lateral (E) views. Scale bar = 0.1 mm. Modified from Burgunder et al., 2022.