Dorsilopha

The subgenus Dorsilopha belongs to genus Drosophila and consists of four species.[1] The phylogenetic position of this group has been unclear for a long time,[2] but recent studies have shown that the subgenus is positioned ancestral to the subgenus Drosophila.[2][3][4][5]

Dorsilopha
Drosophila busckii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Drosophilidae
Subfamily:
Drosophilinae
Genus:
Drosophila
Subgenus:
Dorsilopha

Sturtevant, 1942
Type species
Drosophila busckii
Coquillett, 1901
species
  • Drosophila busckii
  • Drosophila confertidentata
  • Drosophila linearidentata
  • Drosophila neobusckii

Species
  • Drosophila busckii Coquillett, 1901
  • Drosophila confertidentata Zhang, Li and Feng, 2006
  • Drosophila linearidentata Toda, 1986
  • Drosophila neobusckii Toda, 1986

References
  1. Bächli, G. (1999-2010). TaxoDros: The Database on Taxonomy of Drosophilidae. Available at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-05-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. van der Linde, K. & Houle, D. (2008). A supertree analysis and literature review of the genus Drosophila and closely related genera. Insect Systematics and Evolution 39, 241-267.
  3. Robe, L. J., Loreto, E. L. S. & Valente, V. L. S. (2010). Radiation of the ,,Drosophila" subgenus (Drosophilidae, Diptera) in the Neotropics. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research Early View.
  4. van der Linde, K., Houle, D., Spicer, G. S. & Steppan, S. J. (2010). A supermatrix-based molecular phylogeny of the family Drosophilidae. Genetics Research 92, 25-38.
  5. http://www.genetics.org/content/209/1/1


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