title: Studies in hawaiian Diptera I: new distributional records for endemic asteia (asteiidae).
abstract: New island records are reported for five species of Asteia endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Asteiahawaiiensis, Asteiamauiensis, Asteiamolokaiensis, Asteiapalikuensis, Asteiasabroskyi). These new records expand our understanding of distributions in Asteia, change the percentage of single island endemics from 78% to 33%, and have significance in how we view the process of diversification acting in this lineage. We also present a list of the known rearing records for two species in this group. Asteiamontgomeryi has been recorded from Erythrina and Asteiasabroskyi has been reared from Pisonia, Urera, Charpentiera and Hibiscadelphus.
authors.affiliation: UC Berkeley, Berkeley, United States of America.
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: O'Grady
authors.affiliation: Oahu Army Natural Resources Program, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, United States of America ; Research Affiliate, B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, United States of America.
authors.forename: Karl Nicholas
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Magnacca
keywords: Asteia; Asteiidae; Diptera; Hawaiian Islands; distributions; new island records