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).

位于澳大利亚本土以东600千米塔斯曼海（Tasman Sea）的豪勋爵岛（Lord Howe Island），此前已报道有双翅目（Diptera）果蝇科（Drosophilidae）昆虫共计12种。数十年来，研究人员通过多种采样手段，在全岛多处采样点采集到该类群标本，相关采样信息详见表1。采样事件记录（表2）显示，除霉果蝇属（Mycodrosophila）的M. rosemaryae、M. stigma以及短颊果蝇属（Scaptodrosophila）的S. fungi仅在真菌生境或其周边被采获外，其余类群的采样均未表现出明显的季节、海拔或采样方法偏好性。特有物种S. howensis（短颊果蝇属Scaptodrosophila）在该岛分布广泛。本次汇总的1441条果蝇科标本记录全部收录于表3中。详细研究报告详见McEvey（2017）的相关文献。