- Drosophila (subgenus)
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Drosophila Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Drosophilidae Subfamily: Drosophilinae Genus: Drosophila Subgenus: Drosophila
Sturtevant, 1939Type species Musca funebris
Fabricius, 1787species groups virilis-repleta radiation
- angor
- annulimana
- bromeliae
- canalinea
- carbonaria
- carsoni
- coffeata
- dreyfusi
- flavopilosa
- melanica
- mesophragmatica
- nannoptera
- peruviana
- quadrisetata
- repleta
- robusta
- virilis
immigrans-tripunctata radiation
- bizonata
- calloptera
- cardini
- funebris
- guarani
- histrio
- macroptera
- pallidipennis
- pinicola
- quinaria
- rubrifrons
- sticta
- testacea
- tripunctata
- immigrans
Hawaiian Drosophila
- antopocerus
- ateledrosophila
- haleakalae
- "modified mouthparts"
- "modified tarsus"
- nudidrosophila
- "picture wing"
- rustica
unplaced species groups
- antioquia
- aureate
- nigrosparsa
- onychophora
- picta
- polychaeta
- simulivora
- tumiditarsus
- xanthopallescens
The paraphyletic subgenus Drosophila of the genus Drosophila was first described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1939.[1]
Phylogeny
Samoaia
Zaprionus
Liodrosophila
Dichaetophora
Hirtodrosophila
Mycodrosophila
Paramycodrosophila
Scaptomyza
Most species are within three major groups, the virilis-repleta radiation, the immigrans-tripunctata radiation and the Hawaiian Drosophila. Additionally, several smaller species groups are recognized consisting of smaller number of species, like the tumiditarsus species group and the polychaeta species group.
References
- ^ Sturtevant, A. H. (1939). On the subdivision of the genus Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 25, 137–141.
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