David J. Preston

collected 1980–2014

295 specimens, collected between 1980 and 2014 on 87 collecting days, now held in 6 departments. Identified 13 specimens for others.

On the labels as D.J. Preston, D J Preston, Preston, Preston, D., Preston, D.J., David J. Preston, DJ Preston, D. Preston and 4 more.

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Specimens: 295
Type specimens: 8
Years in the field: 35
Islands: 7
Species: 129
Identifications: 13
In the Library: 63
Named after: 2

Where Preston collected

Specimens by decade

1980s2010s

Earliest: Vespula pensylvanica, 1980 (Aiea Loop Trail). Latest: Physidae, 2014.

In the Library

Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.

2024
The insect and related arthropod fauna of North Halawa Valley. Part 2: Notable insect species found
Preston, D.J. · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies
Museum research publication
2024
The birds of North Halawa Valley
Preston, D.J., R. Pyle, F.G. Howarth · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies
Museum research publication
2024
The insect and related arthropod fauna of North Halawa Valley. Part 1: overall faunal profile
Preston, D.J., F.G. Howarth, G.M. Nishida, D.A. Polhemus · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies
Museum research publication
2024
The non-bird vertebrate fauna of North Halawa Valley
Preston, D.J. · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies
Museum research publication
2016
Terrestrial arthropod survey of Halona Valley, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Naval Magazine Lualualei Annex, August–December 2015
Evenhuis, N.L., Preston, D.J., Arakaki, K.T. & Imada, C.T. · Final report prepared for the U.S. Navy. 30 pp.
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2016
Baseline Inventory of Arthropods Associated with Endangered Plant Species
Preston, D.J. & Evenhuis, N.L. · Final report prepared for US Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Office, Honolulu, Hawaii. 14 pp.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2014
Biological survey on a 10-acre parcel and adjacent areas, proposed land acquisition, Kahuluui, Maui, Hawaii
Preston, D. & Imada, C. · Final report prepared for EKNA Services, Inc., Honolulu. 44 pp.
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2013
Results of the 2012 alien species and wekiu bug ( Nysius wekiuicola) surveys on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawai`i Island
Preston, D.J., Evenhuis, N.L., Englund, R.E. & Imada, C.T. · Final report prepared for Office of Mauna kea Managment, Hilo, Hawai`i. 39 pp.
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2013
2012-2013 monitoring of the Orange-Black Damselfly Megalagrion xanthomelas (Sélys-Longchmps) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)
Preston, D.J. & Arakaki, K. · Final report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Planning Section, Fort Worth, Texas. 32 pp.
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2012
Surveying for terrestrial arthropods (insects and relatives) occurring within the Kahului Airport environs, Maui, Hawai`i: synthesis report
Howarth, F.G., Preston, D.J. & Pyle, R. · Prepared for EKNA Services, Inc. and Hawaii State Department of Transportation, Airports Division, Honolulu. Bishop Museum Technical Report 58, 215 pp.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2012
Results of the 2010 alien species and wekiu bug ( Nysius wekiuicola) surveys on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawai`i Island
Englund, R.A., Preston, D.J., Myers, S., Imada, C. & Englund, L. · Final report prepared for Office of Mauna Kea Managment, University of Hawaii at Hilo. 37 pp.
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2012
Diet of the invasive lizard Chamaeleo jacksonii (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) at a wet-forest site in Hawaii
Kraus, F. & Preston, D. · Pacific Science: in press.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2012
The 2011-2012 monitoring and translocation efforts of the orange-black damselfly Megalagrion xanthomelas (Sélys-Longchamps) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)
Preston, D.J. & Arakaki, K. · Final report prepared for Directorate of Public Works, Scholfield Barracks, Hawai`i and UAED Environmental Planning Section, Fort Worth, Texas. 29 pp.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2012
Results of the 2011 alien species and wēkiu bug ( Nysius wekiuicola) surveys on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawai`i Island
Preston, D.J., Englund, R.A., Myers, S., Imada, C. & Garcia, J. · Final report prepared for the Office of Mauna Kea Management, Hilo, Hawai`i. 40 pp.
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2011
Dietary analysis of the invasive lizard Chameleo jacksonii from a wet forest habitat in Hawaii
Kraus, F & Preston, D. · Final report prepared for Hawaii Invasive Species Council, Honolulu, Hawaii. 13 pp.
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2011
Monitoring and translocation efforts of the orange-black damlsefly Megalagrion xanthomelas (Sélys-Longchamps) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)
Preston, D.J., Arakaki, k., Imada, C., Kennedy, B & Laederich, H. · Final report prepared for U.S. Department of the Army, Directorate of Public Works, Oahu Natural Resource Manager, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. 32 pp.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2010
Diet of Chamaeleo jacksonii (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) in a dry forest on Maui
Kraus, F. Medeiros, A.C. & Preston · Report prepared for Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit, Pacific Aquaculture Coastal Resources Center, University of Hawaii, Hilo. 18 pp.
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2010
Endangered, threatened, and invasive species survey on a 34-acre parcel, Barbers Point, O`ahu
Imada, C., James, S. & Preston, D. · Report prepared for Kiewit Pacific Company, Honolulu. 21 pp.
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2010
Results of the 2009 alien species and wekiu bug ( Nysius wekiuicola) surveys on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawai`i Island
Englund, R.A., Preston, D.J., Myers, S., Englund, L.L., Imada, C. & Evenhuis, N.L. · Final report prepared for Office of Mauna kea Management, University of Hawaii, Hilo. 45 pp.
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2009
Results of the 2007-2008 alien species and wekiu bug ( Nysius wekiuicola) surveys on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawai`i Island
Englund, R.A., Preston, D.J., Vorsino, A.E., Myers, S. & Englund, L.L. · Final Report prepared for the Office of Mauna Kea Management, University of Hawaii at Hilo. 71 pp.
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2008
Inventory of seabirds, plants, and arthropods on twenty offshore islets in the main Hawaiian Islands
Eijzenga, H. & Preston, D.J. · Bishop Museum Technical Report 43, 201 pp.
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2007
Translocation and monitoring efforts to establish a second population of the rare Megalagrion xanthomelas Selys-Longchamps) on O`ahu, Hawai`i (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)
Preston, D.J., Englund, R.A. & McShane, M.K.K. · In: Evenhuis, N.L.& Fitzsimons, J.M. (eds.), Biology of Hawaiian streams and estuaries. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies 3: 259-274.
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2007
Monitoring for terrestrial arthropods (insects and relatives) within the Kahului Airport environs, Maui, Hawai`i, Phase II. Final report prepared for E.k
Howarth, F.G. & Preston, D.J. · Noda & Associates, Honolulu. 108 pp.
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2007
Identification of roots in lava tubes using molecular techniques: implications for conservation of cave faunas
Howarth, F.G., James, S.A., McDowell, W., Preston, D.J. & Imada, C.T. · Journal of Insect Conservation 11: 251-261.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2006
Cave resources survey and environmental assessment of the limestone sinkhole (Disposal area 101) within Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Waimanalo, Hawai`i
Howarth, F.G. & Preston, D.J. · Final report prepared for Shaw Environmental, Inc., Honolulu, Hawai`i. 14 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2006
Monitoring for arthropods (insects and relatives) occurring within the Kahului Airport environs, Maui, Hawai`i, Phase I. Final Report prepared for E.K. Noda & Associates, Honolulu, Hawaii
Howarth, F.G. & Preston, D.P. · 80 pp.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2005
Results of the 2004 wekiu bug ( Nysius wekiuicola) surveys on Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i Island
Englund, R.A., Ramsdale, A. & McShane, M, Preston, D.J., Miller, S. & Montgomery, S.L. · Final report to Office of Mauna Kea Management, Hilo, Hawaii. 37 pp.
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2005
Cave faunal survey and environmental assessment for the reburial of the Mokapu collection abaord Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kane`ohe, Hawai`i
Howarth, F.G. & Preston, D.J. · Report prepared for United state Marine Corps, Marine corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay. 16 + [9]pp.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2004
Arthropod survey of the Waiakea 1942 Lava Flow Natural area Reserve and slected kipuka within the Mauna Loa Kipuka Mosaic, Hawai‘i
Preston, D.J., M.K.K. McShane, N.L. Evenhuis, G.A. Samuelson, K.T. Arakaki & D.A. Polhemus · Report submitted to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of forestry and Wildlife, Natural Area Reserve System, Honolulu. ii + 47 p.
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2004
Arthropod survey of ‘Opae‘ula and adjacent summit areas of the Ko‘olau Mountains, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i
Preston, D.J., D.A. Polhemus, K. Arakaki & M.K.K. McShane · Report submitted to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of forestry and Wildlife, Natural Area Reserve System, Honolulu. 16 p.
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2003
Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu stream estuary study
Englund, R.A., D.J. Preston & K.T. Arakaki · Final report. Prepared for Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, Honolulu.
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2003
Aquatic Insect Surveys of Four Windward O‘ahu Stream Systems Impacted by the Waiähole Ditch
Englund, R.A., D.J. Preston, K. Arakaki & M.K.K. McShane · Report prepared for Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, Honolulu.
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2003
Systematic Inventory of Rare and Alien Aquatic Species in Selected O‘ahu, Maui, and Hawai‘i Island Streams
Englund, R.A., K. Arakaki, D.J. Preston, N.L. Evenhuis & M.K.K. McShane · Final report prepared for Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, Honolulu.
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2003
Invertebrate survey of Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii
Howarth, F.G., D. Preston, F. Moretzsohn & M. McShane · Final report. Prepared for U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. 60 p.
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2003
Biological assessment of the lavatubes of the Hiluhilu development area, Kau, North Kona, Hawai‘i
Howarth, F.G., D.J. Preston & S.A. James · Final report. Prepared for Hiluhilu Development, LLC, Kamuela, Hawai‘i.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2002
Stream and botanical survey of an unnamed tributary flowing into Pu‘u Ka ‘Ele Reservoir and Pila‘a Stream, Pila‘a, Kilauea, Kaua‘i
Englund, R.A., C. Imada & D.J. Preston · Report prepared for Max W.J. Graham, Jr., Esq., Belles Graham Proudfoot & Wilson, Lihue, Kaua‘i.
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2002
Stream survey for the Waiohonu Maui Bridge Replacement Project
Englund, R.A. & D.J. Preston · Report prepared for Sato & Associates, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2002
Stream survey of Waikoloa and Keanu‘i‘omano streams, Hawai‘i Island
Englund, R.A. & D.J. Preston · Report prepared for PBR Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii.
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2002
Aquatic Organism Study for the Koa Timber Commercial Forestry Operation South Hilo District, County of Hawai‘i
Englund, R.A., D.J. Preston, G.A. Samuelson, K. Arakaki & N.L. Evenhuis · Report prepared for Koa Timber, Inc., Hawai‘i 30 p.
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2002
Addendum to non-insect aquatic invertebrate surveys of four windward O‘ahu stream systems impacted by the Waiähole Ditch
Englund, R.A. & D.J. Preston · Report prepared for Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources, Honolulu, Hawai‘i. 11 p.
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2001
Kahului Airport arthropod baseline survey
Howarth, F.G. & D.J. Preston · Report prepared for Edward K. Noda and Associates, Inc.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2001
Native and exotic organism study
Englund, R.A., D.J. Preston, N.L. Evenhuis, R.H. Cowie, C. Imada, C. Puttock, & K. Arakaki · Lower Wailoa River, Waipi‘o, County of Hawai‘i. Report prepared for USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Honolulu, Hawaii. 57 p.
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2000
Biodiversity of freshwater and estuarine communities in lower Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii with observations on introduced species
Englund, R.A., D.J. Preston, R. Wolff, S.L. Coles, L.G. Eldredge & K. Arakaki · Final Report prepapred for the U.S. Navy. Bishop Museum Technical Report 16: x + 167 pp.
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2000
Nonindigenous freshwater and estuarine species introductions and their potential to affect sportfishing in the lower stream and estuarine resions of the south and west shores of Oahu, Hawaii
Englund, R.A., K. Arakaki, D.J. Preston, S.L. Coles & L.G. Eldredge · Final report to Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources. Bishop Museum Technical Report 17: viii + 121 p.
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2000
Kahului Airport arthropod baseline survey. second quarterly progress report
Howarth, F.G. & D.J. Preston · Report to Edward K. Noda and Associates, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2000
Avian species assessment of the Kuhio Highway, Manoa Stream ford crossing project
Englund, R.A. & D.J. Preston · Report prepared for Kodani & Associates, Lihue, Hawaii.
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2000
Assessment of the impacts of rainbow trout predation on native aquatic species within Koke‘e State Park, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i
Englund, R.A., D.A. Polhemus & D.J. Preston · Report prepared for Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, Honoluu, Hawaii. Bishop Museum Technical Report 18: iv + 125 p.
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1999
An arthropod assessment within selected areas within Mauna Kea Science Reserve
Brenner, G., Howarth, F.G., Preston, D.J. & Montgomery, S. · Task 4 and Task 5. Preliminary report. An assessment of arthropod occurrence in selected bufer zone habitats and a comparison of wekiu bug occurrence between summit and buffer habitats. Prepared for The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1999
Proposed new Hawai‘i Island correctional facility, Waiakea, South Hilo, Island of Hawai‘i: assessment of potential impacts on invertebrates (snails, insects and other arthropods)
Cowie, R.H., Howarth, F.G., Preston, D.J., Rundell, R.J., Stone, F.D. & Montgomery, S.L. · Final report to Wilson Okamoto, Inc., Honolulu. 82 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1999
Draft Report. Biological Assessment of the Lower Hamakua Ditch on the Hawaiian Stream Fly ( Sigmatineurum meaohi) and other aquatic insects
Englund, R. and Preston, D.J. · Report prepared for USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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1999
An arthropod assessment within selected areas of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve
Howarth, F.G., Brenner, G.J. & D.J. Preston · Final Report. Prepared for the University of Hawaii Institute of Astronomy.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1999
An arthropod assessment within selected areas of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve
Brenner, G.J. & D.J. Preston · Final Report. Documentation of methodology. Prepared for the University of Hawaii Institute of Astronomy.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1999
Proposed new Hawai‘i Island correctional facility, Waiakea, South Hilo, Island of Hawai‘i: assessment of potential impacts on invertebrates (snails, insects and other arthropods) of improvements to Stainback Highway
Howarth, F.G., Cowie, R.H., Preston, D.J., Englund, R.A., Rundell, R.J., Stone, F.D. & Montgomery, S.L. · Bishop Museum Report [draft] to Wilson Okamoto, Inc., Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1998
Assessment of the suitability of Kokee State Park streams as habitat for year-round catch and release fishing for rainbow trout without annual stocking
Englund, R, D.A. Polhemus & D Preston · Contract C35895. Report prepared for Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources.
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1998
Arthropod and avian species assessment for the Unisyn Biowaste Technology EIS. Report prepared for Unisyn Biowaste Technology for Kimura International
Englund, R., Howarth, F.G. & Preston, D.J.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1997
Preliminary report of work on an arthropod assessment within selected areas of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve. Part 1: Reconnaissance and development of the trapping protocol
Howarth, F.G., Brenner, G.J., Preston, D.J. & P.T. Oboyski · Report submitted to Hawaii Institute of Astronomy, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1997
Preliminary report of work on an arthropod assessment within selected areas of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve. Part 2: Wekiu bug activity determined by pitfall trapping within selected areas of the Mauna Science Reserve during 1997
Brenner, G.J., Howarth, F.G., Preston, D.J. & P.T. Oboyski · Report submitted to Hawaii Institute of Astronomy, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1997
Potential habitats on Mauna Kea summit Science Reserve
Howarth, F.G., Brenner, G.J. & D.J. Preston · Task 3. An arthropod assessment within selected areas of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve. Report submitted to the Hawaii Institute of Astronomy, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1996
Scanning electron microscope images of characters critical to the identification of Hawaiian Megalagrion damselflies
Polhemus, D.A. & D.J. Preston · Report prepared for National Biological Service.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1995
A study of the biology of the orangeblack Hawaiian damselfly ( Megalagrion xanthomelas), with special reference to conservation of the population at Tripler Army Medical Center, Oahu
Evenhuis, N.L., D. Polhemus, S. Swift, K. Arakaki & D. Preston · Bishop Museum Technical Report 8, 81 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1995
Survey of the federally listed birds and damselflies in relation to the Waihee wells and transmission system, West Maui, Hawaii
Polhemus, D.A. & D.J. Preston · Bishop Museum Technical Report. 9 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1995
A preliminary arthropod survey of Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural area Reserve, Hawaii Island, Hawaii
Preston, D.J. · Bishop Museum Technical Report. 14 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
Biological survey of subterranean habitats and cave resources inventory of the Kanaio Training Area, Maui, Hawaii
Howarth, F.G., Major, M. & Preston, D. · In: Biological reconnaissance survey of the Kanaio Training Area, Maui, Hawaii. Report prepared for the Hawaii Army National Guard by the Hawaii Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii.
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Named for Preston

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Preston. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

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13 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: