Drosophila_busckii

<i>Drosophila busckii</i>

Drosophila busckii

Species of fly

Drosophila busckii is a species of fruit fly that is native to North America, though it now also occurs in Asia, Europe, Oceania and South America.[1] It can be identified by the presence of dark stripes on the thorax (including a trident shape on the mesonotum) and the wings being transparent with no markings.[2] Mostly it is associated with rotten potatoes.[3] In the laboratory they are normally reared on Wheeler-Clayton food.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Drosophila busckii". www.cabi.org. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  2. [2]
    Miller, M. E.; Marshall, S. A.; Grimaldi, D. A. "A Review of the Species of Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and Genera of Drosophilidae of Northeastern North America". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 31. doi:10.3752/cjai.2017.31.
  3. [3]
    Niswonger, H. R. (1911). "Two Species Of Diptera Of The Genus Drosophila" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). The Ohio Naturalist. 11 (8). Ohio: 374–377. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
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