Results of the 2010 alien species and Wekiu bug (Nysius Wekiuicola) surveys on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii Island. Final report

Author:

Englund, R. A., Preston, D.J., Myers, S., Imada, C., Englund, L. L., Hawaii Biological Survey,, Bishop Museum,

Title:

Results of the 2010 alien species and Wekiu bug (Nysius Wekiuicola) surveys on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii Island. Final report

Year:

2012

Subject:

Wekiu bug surveys Nysius wekiuicola

Summary:

During the 2010 monitoring survey we collected 3,047 wekiu bugs at selected cinder cones throughout the Mauna Kea summit region. We placed 100 alien arthropod traps at sites previously studied, at the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), and the batch plant staging area that will be used if the TMT is built. No new resident alien species were found during the 2010 alien arthropod species monitoring season around the summit region, and species of particular concern such as ants were not found from Hale Pohaku (2,755 m) to the highest point in the Hawaiian Islands of Pu‘u Wëkiu (4,205 m). Aeolian arthropod drift capture density was slightly lower than in 2009 but still reflected the same species diversity. This could be the result of dryer conditions at lower elevations resulting in lower numbers of individuals reaching the summit regions.

URL:

http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/publications/pdf/wekiu2012.pdf

Date:

January 2012

Collection:

Monographs