Mycodrosophila

Mycodrosophila
Mycodrosophila dimidiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Subfamily: Drosophilinae
Genus: Mycodrosophila
Oldenberg, 1914
Diversity
at least 120 species

Mycodrosophila is a genus of vinegar flies, insects in the family Drosophilidae. There are at least 120 described species in Mycodrosophila.[1][2][3][4]

It belongs to the monophyletic Zygothrica genus group consisting of the mycophagous genera Hirtodrosophila, Mycodrosophila, Paramycodrosophila, and Zygothrica. It is itself monophyletic.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mycodrosophila Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  2. ^ "Browse Mycodrosophila". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  3. ^ "Mycodrosophila". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  4. ^ "Mycodrosophila Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  5. ^ Zhang, Yang; Katoh, Takehiro K.; Finet, Cédric; Izumitani, Hiroyuki F.; Toda, Masanori J.; Watabe, Hide-aki; Katoh, Toru (October 2021). "Phylogeny and evolution of mycophagy in the Zygothrica genus group (Diptera: Drosophilidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 163 107257. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107257.

Further reading

  • McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
  • Media related to Mycodrosophila at Wikimedia Commons


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