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Mauritia

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6

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1923

First collected

1951

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

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

  1. 2006

    Numbers of Hawaiian species for 2003–2005

    Eldredge, L.G. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  2. 2004

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2004: -05: Notes

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

  3. 2002

    A review of the insects and related arthropods of Midway Atoll

    Nishida, G.M.& J.W. Beardsley · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  4. 2001

    NOWRAMP 2000 Terrestrial arthropod report

    Nishida, G.M. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  5. 2024

    A natural history survey of North Halawa Valley, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i.. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Cultural and Environmental Sciences 5, 84 pp

    Polhemus, D.A., Howarth, F.G.& Miller, S.E. (editors) · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  6. 2021

    Terrestrial arthropod survey of HalonaValley, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Kickham, Naval Magazine, Lualualei Annex, August–November 2020

    Evenhuis, N.L., Arakaki, K.T. & Imada, C.T. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  7. 2020

    Terrestrial Arthropod Survey of Hālona Valley, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Naval Magazine Lualualei Annex, July 2019–September 201

    Evenhuis, N.L., Arakaki, K.T. & Imada, C.T. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  8. 2019

    Terrestrial arthropod survey of Hālona Valley, Joint Pearl Harbor-Hickham, Naval Magazine Lualualei Annex, September 2018–December 2018

    Evenhuis, N.L., Arakaki, K.T. & Imada, C.T. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Where Bishop collected it

6 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1920s1950s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1923 by D. Thaanum (Mokumanamana). The Museum last collected it in 1951; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 24, 2026.

From the collection

Mauritia, 65824Mauritia, 201598Mauritia, 201599Mauritia, 201600Mauritia, 201601Mauritia, 202029

Alive today

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