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Copestylum tamaulipanum
As recorded: Copestylum tamaulipanum (Townsend, 1898)
Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Diptera › Syrphidae
- Collected by
- Cooke, C.M.
- Date
- August 1941
- Locality
- Waiakoa; T.H.
- Region
- State of Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- G. Thompson
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Copestylum tamaulipanum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1941. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 18 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-04-11.

2026-04-11
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-11
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-04-04
7491 Kokonani St, Honolulu, HI 96825, USA
(c) elpeltier, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-04
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Bradley Rentz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-02
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved

2026-03-26
Koko Crater Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
(c) Mark MacLennan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Copestylum tamaulipanum. BPBM 2005032481. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36134270. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/2005032481.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36134270 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
