The Drosophila funebris species group in North America (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: The Drosophila funebris species group

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Series: American Museum novitates, number 3988

By

Grimaldi, David A. , author

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, [2022]

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"April 7, 2022."

Although the global human commensal Drosophila funebris (Fabricius) is well known and is the type species of the genus Drosophila Fallén, the four native North American species of the funebris group have been poorly defined morphologically. D. macrospina limpiensis Patterson and Wheeler is newly recognized as a species distinct from D. macrospina, with diagnostic morphological characters provided. The subspecies D. macrospina ohioensis Stalker is synonymized under D. macrospina. Species native to the Palearctic and to the Nearctic are morphologically distinct, each probably a monophyletic group. Detailed descriptions and redescriptions are provided for both sexes of D. macrospina Stalker and Spencer, D. limpiensis Patterson and Wheeler, D. subfunebris Stalker and Spencer, and D. trispina Wheeler, the latter two being very rare species from southern California. Neotypes are designated for D. macrospina and D. subfunebris. A key to the five Nearctic species of the funebris group is provided.

Subjects

Classification , Drosophila , Fruit-flies , Insects , Morphology , North America

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no. 3988 2022

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/3988.1
OCLC: 1309905909