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Xyletobius walsinghamii

Endemic to Hawaiʻi

Photo: (c) Karl Magnacca, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Karl Magnacca (iNaturalist)

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1919

First collected

1959

Last collected

2021

Last seen alive

Two centuries of collecting

1910s1950s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1919 by Swezey, O.H. (S. Kona). The Museum last collected it in 1959; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as June 13, 2021.

Alive today

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