Pacific Science Volume 51, Number 4, 1997

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Adaptive Radiation in the Hawaiian Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae): Ecological and Reproductive Character Analyses

Craddock, Elysse M; Kambysellis, Michael P (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

The entomologist R. C. L. Perkins pioneered observations of breeding site ecology for the endemic Hawaiian Drosophilidae, a renowned group of flies that has undergone explosive speciation and adaptive radiation into a ...
Comparisons to the Century Before: The Legacy of R. C. L. Perkins and Fauna Hawaiiensis as the Basis for a Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Program

Liebherr, James K; Polhemus, Dan A (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

As one means of assessing the impact of the past 100 yr of development and biological alteration in Hawai'i, the damselfly (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) and carabid beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) collections of R. C. L. ...
Dispersal and Vicariance in Hawaiian Platynine Carabid Beetles (Coleoptera)

Liebherr, James K (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

The monophyletic, native Hawaiian Platynini have diversified on the Hawaiian Island chain through progressive colonization, mixed with vicariance on the various islands. Single-island endemism stands at 97% of the species, ...
Hawaiian Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): The Evolution of Bugs and Thought

Asquith, Adam (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

Composition of the Hawaiian Miridae is unusual in the preponderance of the subfamily Orthotylinae, with at least 10 independent colonizations. Most of these colonizations appear to have Indo-Pacific origins, but at least ...
Hawaiian Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera): A Group That Perkins Missed

Beardsley, John W (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

Among the 16 or so recognized families of Coccoidea, only Pseudococcidae and the small, specialized Halimococcidae are represented in the endemic Hawaiian fauna. Why other large coccoid families failed to establish there ...
Herbivorous Insects and the Hawaiian Silversword Alliance: Coevolution or Cospeciation?

Roderick, George K (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

Numerous groups of herbivorous insects in the Hawaiian archipelago have undergone adaptive radiations. R. C. L. Perkins collected and documented species in nearly all of these groups. In this study I tested whether ...
A Hierarchical View of the Hawaiian Drosophilidae (Diptera)

DeSalle, Rob; Brower, Andrew VZ; Baker, Richard; Remsen, James (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

As the pioneer natural historian of the Hawaiian entomofauna, R. C. L. Perkins showed a keen interest in the Diptera, in general, and the Drosophilidae, in particular. Perkins described and named two of the most charismatic ...
Larval Characteristics and Generic Placement of Endemic Hawaiian Hemerobiids (Neuroptera)

Tauber, Catherine A; Krakauer, Alan H (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

The brown lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) have undergone a spectacular radiation on the Hawaiian Archipelago; currently 23 endemic micromine species are recognized, 19 of which were described by Perkins and four by ...
Phylogenetic Analysis of the Hawaiian Damselfly Genus Megalagrion (Odonata: Coenagrionidae): Implications for Biogeography, Ecology, and Conservation Biology

Polhemus, Dan A (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

A phylogeny of the 22 species currently recognized in the genus Megalagrion, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, is presented based on an analysis of 23 morphological and ecological characters. After the exclusion ofM. ...
Phylogenetic Relationships and Adaptive Shifts among Major Clades of Tetragnatha Spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) in Hawai'i

Gillespie, Rosemary G; Croom, Henrietta B; Hasty, GL (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

The role of adaptive shifts in species formation has been the subject of considerable controversy for many years. Here we examine the phylogeny of a large radiation of Hawaiian spiders in the genus Tetragnatha to determine ...
R. C. L. Perkins: 100 Years of Hawaiian Entomology

Liebherr, James K; Polhemus, Dan A (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

R. C. L. Perkins comprehensively surveyed the insect fauna of the Hawaiian Islands one century ago, initially as the collector for the Fauna Hawaiiensis survey project and subsequently as an entomologist with the Hawaiian ...
R. C. L. Perkins' Legacy to Evolutionary Research on Hawaiian Drosophilidae (Diptera)

Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

R. C. L. Perkins' influence on evolutionary research on the Hawaiian Drosophilidae is presented. His observations of the bizarre secondary sexual structures in this group led evolutionary biologists to focus research on ...
A Review of the Systematics of Hawaiian Planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea)

Asche, Manfred (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

With 206 endemic species, the phytophagous Fulgoroidea, or planthoppers, are among the most important elements of the native Hawaiian fauna. These principally monophagous or oligophagous insects occur in nearly all ...