Hawaiian Drosophilidae: Ciliated Tarsus Subgroup I

Hawaiian Drosophilidae diversity can be illustrated in the morphological variation of the male foreleg. This feature is unknown in other Diptera families. One of the four subgroups of the modified tarsus flies is the "ciliated-tarsus group". This group is characterized by strong, thickened setae, or bristles, on the basitarsus. This group is also defined by what it lacks - which are additional modifications that are found among the other subgroups of modified tarsus flies. The modified thickened setae are thought to be the result of sexual selection and are used for courtship purposes. Please contribute and help transcribe UHIM's ciliated-tarsus fly specimens in order to better our understanding of their distribution here in Hawai'i.This expedition of 603 tasks is fully transcribed and validated. This data resource is harvested periodically into the main occurrence index.夏威夷果蝇科（Drosophilidae）的多样性可通过雄性前足的形态变异得以展现，该特征在其他双翅目（Diptera）类群中尚无记录。特化跗节类蝇类的四个亚群之一为“纤毛跗节类群”，该类群以基跗节（basitarsus）上发达粗壮的刚毛（setae, bristles）为核心鉴别特征，同时以其缺失的性状作为界定依据——即特化跗节类蝇类其余亚群所具备的额外特化结构。这类特化加粗的刚毛被认为是性选择的产物，用于求偶行为。诚邀各界人士协助转录夏威夷大学昆虫博物馆（UHIM）所藏的纤毛跗节类蝇类标本，以深化对该类群在夏威夷分布情况的认知。本次包含603项任务的转录工作已全部完成并通过校验，该数据集将定期同步至核心发生数据索引库。