Drosophila quinaria

Drosophila quinaria is a species of fruit fly in the Drosophila quinaria species group.[1][2][3][4] Most Quinaria group species feed largely on mushrooms. However D. quinaria instead eats decaying vegetative matter, a trait it evolved independently.[5]

Drosophila quinaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Genus: Drosophila
Species:
D. quinaria
Binomial name
Drosophila quinaria
Loew, 1866

References

  1. "Drosophila quinaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  2. "Drosophila quinaria species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  3. "Drosophila quinaria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  4. "Drosophila quinaria Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  5. Scott Chialvo, Clare H.; White, Brooke E.; Reed, Laura K.; Dyer, Kelly A. (January 2019). "A phylogenetic examination of host use evolution in the quinaria and testacea groups of Drosophila". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 233–243. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.027. PMC 6327841. PMID 30366088.

Further reading

  • Miller, Meredith E.; Marshall, Stephen A.; Grimaldi, David A. (2017). "A Review of the Species of Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and Genera of Drosophilidae of Northeastern North America". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 31: 1–282. doi:10.3752/cjai.2017.31.
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