
Lissocephala powelli
Crab Fly
As recorded: Lissocephala powelli Carson & Wheeler, 1973
Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Diptera › Drosophilidae
- Type status
- Type
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Lissocephala powelli observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2024-11-24.

2024-11-24
Christmas Island 6798, Christmas Island
(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Lissocephala powelli. BPBM 9924. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37448680. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/enttyp/9924.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37448680 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Coordinates recorded as 0, 0
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