Insects of Samoa and other Samaon terrestrial arthropoda. Pt. 6, Fasc. 2, Nematocera / by F.W. Edwards.
- Edwards, F. W. (Frederick Wallace), 1888-1940.
- Date:
- [1928?]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Insects of Samoa and other Samaon terrestrial arthropoda. Pt. 6, Fasc. 2, Nematocera / by F.W. Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![thiit of Fiji only inipiM k'ctly, the available evidence indicates that the Samoan and Fijian lannas hav(’ both been derived (probably independently) from the l’a])uan (Austro-iMalavan) region. This conclusion is entirely iji accord with that airived at l)y Meyrick from a study of the Microlepido})tera. The most notewortliv features of the Samoan cranefiv fauna as a whole »■ K> are: (1) the absence of the whole subfamily Tipulinae, a feature common to most oceanic islands, although three species arc found in Fiji. (2) The absence ol the Cvlindrotominae, Linmophilini and Hexatomini. (3) The considerable development of the genus Trentepohlia,'d\\& of Lipophleps,^ subgenus of Gononiyia. In addition to the Samoan species discussed below, the following Ti2)ulidae have been met with in other Polynesian islands, or in Fiji : Thrypticumyid dichromogaster Edw. Tahiti. Dicraiionigia sordida Brim. {D. illingworthi Alex.). Fiji, Tahiti. ,, rapae Alex. Rapa. ,, saticti-georgii Edw. Rapa. DoaneoJHgia Jijiensis Alex. Fiji. ,, (ahitiensis Alex. Tahiti. Libnotes veifcJiiaaa Edw. Fiji. ,, gree)iivoodi Alex. Fiji. Limonia dactylolabis Alex. Fiji. ,, stoneri Alex. Fiji. ,, teucholabina Alex. Fiji. ,, veitchi Alex. Fiji. Gononiyia (s. str.) varipes Alex. Fiji. „ {Lipophleps) digitifera Alex. Fiji. „ „ jljiensis Alex. Fiji. „ ,, metallescens Edw. Marquesas Is. „ ,, flavidapex Ed^v. Tahiti. Erioptera oceanica Alex. Fiji. Styringomyiafumom Edw. Fiji. Trentepohlia (s. sti.) Jijiensis Alex. Fiji. Cotiosia irrorata Wied. Fiji. CfrnarrosfrIis fijiensii^ Alex. Fiji. lepidus Alex. Fiji. ,, walkerianus Alex. Fiji.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29809071_0056.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
