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Drosophila (subgenus)

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Drosophila
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Drosophila

Type species
Musca funebris
Fabricius, 1787
species groups

virilis-repleta radiation

immigrans-tripunctata radiation

Hawaiian Drosophila

unplaced species groups

The paraphyletic subgenus Drosophila of the genus Drosophila was first described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1939.[1]

Phylogeny

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

  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.