Nysius wekiuicola

Author:

Gagne, W.C.

Title:

Nysius wekiuicola

Periodical:

Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society

Year:

1986

Volume:

26

Pages:

7

Subject:

Wekiu bug Nysius wekiuicola Insects alpine climate Aeolian ecosystems

Summary:

The lygaeid bug described by Peter D. Ashlock and Wayne C. Gagne in an article published in the International Journal of Entomology in 1983 indicated that the wekiu bug was known to be a resident predator-scavenger in the aeolian zone of Mauna Kea. Ashlock and Gagne summarized previous literature and personal communications regarding its possible existence at similar altitudes on Mauna Loa. After the trapping of Nysius wekiucola on Mauna Loa, Gagne believed "that these collections indicate the possibility that these remarkable micopterous bugs have considerable ability in food-finding in this outwardly inhospitable appearing environment."

Label:

Insects - Wekiu

URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/10125/11186

Date:

1986

Collection:

Periodicals