Title
The Drosophila funebris species group in North America (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
Title Variants
Alternative:
The Drosophila funebris species group
Related Titles
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]
Notes
Caption title.
"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
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Drosophila
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Fruit-flies
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Insects
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Morphology
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North America
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no. 3988 2022
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/3988.1
OCLC:
1309905909
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