| Limonia hardyana Byers | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Limoniidae |
| Genus: | Limonia |
| Species: | †L. h. Byers
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| Binomial name | |
| †Limonia hardyana Byers e.g. Wilkes, 1810 – animal; (L.) Mill. – plant
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Description edit
Limonia hardyana Byers also known as Dicranomyia hardyana Byers is a flightless Crane fly insect endemic to O'ahu, Hawai'i. It is one of 13 known Hawaiian flightless Crane flies.[1] Specimens from multiple places on and near the summit of Ko'olau Mountain were documented to be discovered in 1985 by W.D. Perreira, W. C. Gagne, and S.L. Montgomery. D.E. Hardy.[2] Limonia hardyana Byers is known only from the few specimens collected over the past 100 years.[1]
Habitat edit
Limonia hardyana Byers flightless Crane fly live in a variety of aquatic or semi aquatic areas and in the high elevation bogs and the leaf litter on the ground of rain forests.[1][3]
Anatomy and Morphology edit
Limonia hardyana Byers flightless Crane fly has been described as having long legs and a slender body.[1] Research shows that Limonia hardyana Byers follows a dispersal pattern and does not follow the progression rule that many insects do.[1]
Diet edit
Limonia hardyana Byers will eat small invertebrates and decaying plant tissue.[4] One main food source are small springtails and larvae from other insects that can be found in the leaf litter of rain forest grounds.[5]
Species rarity edit
Status: Rare.[3]
Usefulness edit
Scientists have studied the Limonia hardyana Byers flightless Crane fly and other insects, having a diversification in study that has helped to have a better understanding of insect evolutionary patterns.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f Pratt, H. Douglas (2014). Mitochondrial Phylogeny of the Endemic Hawaiian Craneflies (Diptera, Limoniidae, Dicranomyia): Implications for Biogeography and Species Formation. Honolulu, Hawaii: Mutual Publishing. ISBN 9781939487308.
- ^ Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. May 31, 1988. p. 4.
- ^ a b "Flightless Cranefly". hbs.bishopmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ^ Goodman, Kari Roesch; O'grady, Patrick. Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Hawaiian Craneflies Dicranomyia (Diptera: Limoniidae). 2021: PLoS ONE.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Flightless Flies in Hawai'i – Bishop Museum Blog". Retrieved 2021-10-11.