Leucophenga varia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Tribe: | Steganini |
| Subtribe: | Leucophengina |
| Genus: | Leucophenga |
| Species: | L. varia
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucophenga varia (Walker, 1849)
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Leucophenga varia is a species of fly in the family Drosophilidae.[1][2][3] It occurs in North America.[3] Unlike other Drosophilidae, it feeds on mushrooms,[4] which has impacted the evolution of the Diptericin gene of its innate immune system.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Leucophenga varia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Leucophenga varia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ a b "Leucophenga varia species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Worthen, Wade B.; Jones, M. Tildon; Jetton, Robert M. (1998). "Community Structure and Environmental Stress: Desiccation Promotes Nestedness in Mycophagous Fly Communities". Oikos. 81 (1): 45. doi:10.2307/3546466. JSTOR 3546466.
- ^ Hanson, M. A.; Grollmus, L.; Lemaitre, B. (2023-07-21). "Ecology-relevant bacteria drive the evolution of host antimicrobial peptides in Drosophila". Science. 381 (6655): eadg5725. doi:10.1126/science.adg5725. hdl:10871/133708. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 37471548. S2CID 259115731.
External links
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