Results of the 2011 alien species and Wekiu bug (Nysius Wekiuicola) surveys on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii Island. Final report

Author:

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

Title:

Results of the 2011 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:

A ten-day field trip was conducted in June 2011 to continue the monitoring of introduced arthropod species and monitor wekiu bug populations within known critical core habitats found at the Mauna Kea summit. The objective of the alien arthropod monitoring surveys was to detect any potential threats to endemic Mauna Kea arthropod species such as the wekiu bug. Bait traps for ants were also set up as ants have caused the extinction and decline of native arthropods throughout Hawaii. During the 2011 monitoring survey we collected 3,084 wekiu bugs at selected cinder cones throughout the Mauna Kea summit region. An undetermined salticid spider was collected outside of Hale Pohaku. No ants were found from Hale Pohaku (2,755 m) to the highest point in the Hawaiian Islands of Puu Wekiu (4,205 m).

URL:

http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/publications/pdf/2011-Wekiu-Report.pdf

Date:

September 2012

Collection:

Monographs