Drosophila bizonata explained

Drosophila bizonata is a species of fruit fly in the Drosophila bizonata species group in the Immigrans-tripunctata radiation of the Drosophila subgenus. Drosophila bizonata is found in Japan.[1] D. bizonata breeds and feeds exclusively on mushrooms, and has a high tolerance for ibotenic acid, a toxic compound found in Amanita mushrooms.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Scott Chialvo . Clare H. . White . Brooke E. . Reed . Laura K. . Dyer . Kelly A. . A phylogenetic examination of host use evolution in the quinaria and testacea groups of Drosophila . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . January 2019 . 130 . 233–243 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.027 . 30366088 . 6327841 .
  2. Tuno . Nobuko . Takahashi . Kazuo H. . Yamashita . Hiroshi . Osawa . Naoya . Tanaka . Chihiro . Tolerance of Drosophila Flies to Ibotenic Acid Poisons in Mushrooms . Journal of Chemical Ecology . 29 December 2006 . 33 . 2 . 311–317 . 10.1007/s10886-006-9228-3 . 17195114 . 5625446 .

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