Drosophila deflecta explained

Drosophila deflecta is a species of fruit fly in the Drosophila quinaria species group. Larvae are scavengers of Nuphar water lilies. ^[1]

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. Keiper . Joe B. . Walton . William E. . Foote . Benjamin A. . Biology and Ecology of Higher Diptera from Freshwater Wetlands . Annual Review of Entomology . Annual Reviews . 47 . 1 . 2002 . 0066-4170 . 10.1146/annurev.ento.47.091201.145159 . 207–232.