Drosophila (subgenus)
Appearance
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Subgenus: | Drosophila Sturtevant, 1939
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Musca funebris Fabricius, 1787
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virilis-repleta radiation
immigrans-tripunctata radiation
Hawaiian Drosophila
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The paraphyletic subgenus Drosophila of the genus Drosophila was first described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1939.[1]
Phylogeny
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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.