Drosophila_statzi

<i>Drosophila statzi</i>

Drosophila statzi

Extinct species of fly


Drosophila statzi is an extinct species of flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae. It is from the Upper Oligocene of the Rott Formation in Germany.[2]

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The name Drosophila elegans Bock and Wheeler, 1972, though a junior synonym, is used for an extant species found in Taiwan and the Philippines but the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ruled for the name to be conserved for the extant species of fruit fly by suppression of its unused senior homonym (replaced by †Drosophila statzi (Statz, 1940) Ashburner and Bachli, 2004[3]).[4]

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References

  1. Applications-Drosophila elegans Bock & Wheeler, 1972 (Insecta, Diptera): Proposed conservation of the specific name. M Ashburner and G Bachli, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 61, 33, pages 165-166, London: International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, 1943-, 2004
  2. Neue Dipteren (Brachycera et Cyclorhapha) aus dem Oberoligozän von Rott. G Statz, Palaeontographica Abteilung A, 1940, 91, pages 120-174
  3. Ashburner and Bachli, 2004, page 266
  • "Drosophila statzi" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  • "Drosophila elegans". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database.
  • Drosophila elegans at insectoid.info

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