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<i>Drosophila</i> (subgenus)

Drosophila (subgenus)

Subgenus of flies

Drosophila is a paraphyletic subgenus of the genus Drosophila, a classification of fruit flies. This subgenus was first described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1939.[1] Members of the subgenus Drosophila can be distinguished from other Drosophilid species by breaks in the pigmentation along the dorsal section of their abdomen.

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Phylogeny

 Dichaetophora

 Hirtodrosophila

 Mycodrosophila

 Paramycodrosophila

Cladogram of the subgenus Drosophila

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 numbers of species, like the tumiditarsus species group and the polychaeta species group.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    "FlyBase phylogeny". Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. [3]
    o'Grady, Patrick M.; Desalle, Rob (2018). "Phylogeny of the Genus Drosophila". Genetics. 209 (1): 1–25. doi:10.1534/genetics.117.300583. PMC 5937177. PMID 29716983.


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