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Bassus

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13

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1906

First collected

1967

Last collected

2025

Last seen alive

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Bassus, most mentions first.

  1. 2013

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: Index

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  2. 2002

    Index to the Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for the years 1994 through 2000

    Evenhuis, N.L. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  3. 2000

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2000: Index

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  4. 2000

    New distribution records for non-endemic Hymenoptera (Insecta) in Hawai‘i

    Beardsley, J.W. & W.D. Perreira · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  5. 1999

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1999: Articles

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Two centuries of collecting

1900s1960s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1906 (Tantalus). The Museum last collected it in 1967; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as July 19, 2025.

Alive today

9 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.