Drosophila montgomeryi

Drosophila montgomeryi
Conservation status
	; Endangered (ESA)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Drosophilidae
Genus:	Drosophila
Species:	D. montgomeryi
Binomial name
	Drosophila montgomeryi; (Hardy and Kaneshiro, 1971)

Drosophila montgomeryi is an endangered species of fly from the lineage of Hawaiian Drosophilidae. It is found on the island of Oahu.[1]

Description

Drosophila montgomeryi was described in 1971 by D. Elmo Hardy and Kenneth Kaneshiro from specimens collected from the Waianae mountains.[2][3]

D. montgomeryi, like other species in the vesciseta subgroup of picture-wing flies,[4] has a mostly rufous thorax and wings with a prominent dark spot in the cell R1.[1] It can be distinguished from the similar species D. pisonia by a narrow, brown stripe on each side of the thorax, among other characters.

Conservation

Drosophila montgomeryi was listed as federally endangered in 2006 along with ten other species of picture-wing Drosophila.[1] One threat to the conservation of D. montgomeryi is that at least one of its host plants, Urera kaalae, is also very rare and has been listed as federally endangered.[1][5]

References

"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Status for 12 Species of Picture-Wing Flies From the Hawaiian Islands". Federal Register. Fish and Wildlife Service. May 9, 2006. pp. 26835–26852. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
Hardy, D. E.; Kaneshiro, K. Y. (1971). "New picture-winged Drosophila from Hawaii. II. (Drosophilidae, Diptera)". Studies in Genetics VI: 151–170.
"ECOS: Species Profile". ecos.fws.gov. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
Magnacca, Karl N.; Price, Donald K. (2015-11-01). "Rapid adaptive radiation and host plant conservation in the Hawaiian picture wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 92: 226–242. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.06.014. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 26151218.
Magnacca, Karl N.; Foote, David; O’grady, Patrick M. (2008-03-17). "A review of the endemic Hawaiian Drosophilidae and their host plants". Zootaxa. 1728 (1): 1–58–1–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1728.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.

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[:0-1] "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Status for 12 Species of Picture-Wing Flies From the Hawaiian Islands". Federal Register. Fish and Wildlife Service. May 9, 2006. pp. 26835–26852. Retrieved June 21, 2022.

[:1-2] Hardy, D. E.; Kaneshiro, K. Y. (1971). "New picture-winged Drosophila from Hawaii. II. (Drosophilidae, Diptera)". Studies in Genetics VI: 151–170.

[3] "ECOS: Species Profile". ecos.fws.gov. Retrieved 2022-06-26.

[:2-4] Magnacca, Karl N.; Price, Donald K. (2015-11-01). "Rapid adaptive radiation and host plant conservation in the Hawaiian picture wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 92: 226–242. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.06.014. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 26151218.

[5] Magnacca, Karl N.; Foote, David; O’grady, Patrick M. (2008-03-17). "A review of the endemic Hawaiian Drosophilidae and their host plants". Zootaxa. 1728 (1): 1–58–1–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1728.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.