Lord Howe Island, Australia—Drosophilidae (Diptera)

A total of twelve species of Drosophilidae (Diptera) have been reported from Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea 600 km east of the Australian mainland. Specimens have been collected over several decades, using a variety of methods at a wide range of localities across the island (Table 1). Collection events (Table 2) reveal no particular seasonality, altitudinal or collection-method dependency except that Mycodrosophila rosemaryae, M. stigma and Scaptodrosophila fungi are found only at or near fungus. The endemic species S. howensis is widespread on the island. All 1441 drosophilid specimen records are given in Table 3. A full report is given in McEvey (2017).