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Hawaiian Islands on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Category 2 Species
List,
brdsar0007
[now published by the Biological Resources Division of USGS]
ftp://cameron.cr.usgs.gov/pub/nbii_metadata/brdsar0007.txt (text format)
and
ftp://cameron.cr.usgs.gov/pub/nbii_metadata/brdsar0007.html (HTML format)
and
ftp://cameron.cr.usgs.gov/pub/nbii_metadata/brdsar0007.sgml (SGML format).
[now the Biological Resources Division of USGS]
[now published by the Biological Resources Division of USGS]
available sources and reviewed by resident specialists at the
Bishop Museum. Though the primary purpose of this document
is to review the taxonomic status of the candidate species,
the list, as presently constituted, displays some serious
deficiencies and so some general comments seem appropriate
here. Document lists Order, Family, Genus, Species information
At the time the original list was prepared, much of today
taxonomic information was not available and ecological
information was scarce. With the help of advances in
information technology and recent compilations of
information such as the Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod
Database, the taxonomic corrections are addressed in this
report. However, as noted below with many groups, modern
taxonomic studies adequately defining species limits are
required before the names can be used on a list such as this
with any degree of certainty. These studies should be
encouraged and completed before any further steps are taken
in the listing process.
of the Hawaiian insect, spider and amphipod species.
Department of Natural Sciences
taxonomic status. >
See Section 2.3 Completeness Report
of better ecological information. The list as presently
consituted is very uneven and includes some species that are
relatively common and excludes others that appear to be
quite rare. Some groups are severely underrepresented (e.g.
flies, spiders) and some groups have missing elements (e.g.
families Dermestidae, Histeridae, Nitidulidae,
Staphylinidae, genera Mirosternus and Xyletobius of
the family Anobiidae, all in the order Coleoptera), many of
which have large endemic components that are rarely seen and
whose habitats have been seriously degraded. A bias
towards species restricted to small islands occurs in the
list, perhaps with the presumption that those species
occurring on many of the smaller northwestern Hawaiian Islands
were at greater risk than those on the larger islands. In
fact, owing to extensive habitat modification and introduction
of alien species, the populated, larger islands may have many
more threatened elements and the small island species are
possibly protected by their isolation. In short, serious
field survey is absolutely necessary to justify the listing
of some species and to establish the priorities for listing
of others that do not appear below. Experience with one
group, the Megalagrion damselflies, shows that modern field
surveys can drastically change historical misconceptions and
give candidate species a much better informational basis for
inclusion on this list. Field studies on targeted groups
should be encouraged and supported to provide baseline data
for justification of listing.
related arthropods of the Hawaiian Islands on category 2 species.
reviewed by resident specialists at Bishop Museum. The species
statuses are supported also by information residing in the Hawaiian
Terrestrial
Arthropod Database, the contents of which were reviewed by taxonomic
specialists worldwide.
Associated Attribute - accuracy and currency of scientific names
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