Drosophilidae Leaf Breeders - Spoonfoot VI

The story of the Hawaiian Drosophilidae is an impressive one indeed. With more than 600 described Drosophilid species and hundreds more thought to exist but not yet decribed, Hawaii is a global diversity hotspot for this family of flies. There are more drosophilid species per unit area found here than anywhere else on earth. What's more impressive is that they may have all originated from a single ancestor that was likely blown to the islands hundreds of thousands of years ago. Once here, the group experienced what is known as adaptive radiation, with groups of flies evolving to fill isolated niches on different islands, generating the hundreds of species we see today. Ecologically and behaviorally diverse, the drosophilids of Hawaii are certainly a defining insect group for the UHIM collection and the history of Hawaiian entomology. The flies we need your help transcribing here today find themselves living in isolated trees within the Hawaiian rainforest! Please assist the UHIM with the transcription of this unique assemblage of Hawaiian Diptera. The total number of tasks for this dataset is: 628, number transcribed is 628 and number validated is 0.

夏威夷果蝇科（Drosophilidae）的演化历程堪称一则令人叹为观止的传奇。目前已记述的果蝇科物种逾600种，另有数百种疑似存在但尚未被正式描述，因此夏威夷堪称该类蝇类的全球生物多样性热点区域。该区域单位面积内的果蝇科物种丰度远超全球其他任何地区。更令人称奇的是，所有这些物种或许都起源于数十万年前被气流携至该群岛的单一祖先类群。抵达群岛后，该类群经历了学界所称的适应性辐射：不同类群的蝇类逐步演化，以占据不同岛屿上的孤立生态位，最终形成了今日所见的数百个物种。夏威夷果蝇科在生态与行为层面均展现出极高多样性，无疑是夏威夷大学昆虫博物馆（University of Hawaii Insect Museum，UHIM）馆藏及夏威夷昆虫学史中极具代表性的昆虫类群。本次需要您协助转录的蝇类，正栖息于夏威夷雨林中彼此隔绝的林木之上！诚邀您协助UHIM完成这一独特夏威夷双翅目（Diptera）类群的转录工作。本数据集的总任务量为628项，已完成转录628项，待验证任务量为0。