BPBM 9156Entomology

Nysius wekiuicola

Mauna Kea Wēkiu Bug

As recorded: Nysius wekiuicola Ashlock & Gagne, 1983

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hemiptera › Lygaeidae

Collected by: S. L. Montgomery
Date: September 27, 1979
Locality: Mauna Kea, summit
Identified by: Ashlock & GagneP.D. Ashlock →Gagne →
Record type: Preserved specimen

34 Bishop specimens of Nysius wekiuicola · collected 1979–1997Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 27, 1979, S. L. Montgomery also collected 20 other specimens.

Nysius wekiuicola observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2024-07-31.

2024-07-31

Hawaii County, US-HI, US

(c) Grigory Heaton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-31

Hawaii County, US-HI, US

(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-31

Hawaii County, US-HI, US

(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-07-23

Hawaii County, US-HI, US

(c) Grigory Heaton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-07-23

Hawaii County, US-HI, US

(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-06-10

Hawaii County, US-HI, US

(c) Kyhl Austin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Nysius wekiuicola. BPBM 9156. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37715686. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/9156.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37715686 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

Coordinates recorded as 0, 0

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