Drosophila (subgenus)
Subgenus of flies
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Drosophila is a paraphyletic subgenus of the genus Drosophila, a classification of fruit flies. This subgenus was first described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1939.[1] Members of the subgenus Drosophila can be distinguished from other drosophilid species by breaks in the pigmentation along the dorsal section of their abdomen.
| Drosophila | |
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| A Drosophila immigrans fly showing the breaks in the abdominal banding pattern of subgenus Drosophila flies | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Subfamily: | Drosophilinae |
| Genus: | Drosophila |
| Subgenus: | Drosophila Sturtevant, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Musca funebris Fabricius, 1787 | |
| Species groups | |
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virilis-repleta radiation
immigrans-tripunctata radiation
unplaced species groups
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Phylogeny
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| Cladogram of the subgenus Drosophila |
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 numbers of species, like the tumiditarsus species group and the polychaeta species group.[2][3]
Gallery
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