Hirtodrosophila duncani explained

Hirtodrosophila duncani is a North American fruit fly, a member of the fungus-breeding genus Hirtodrosophila.^[1] Its taxonomic position has been unclear for a long time due to its unique male genitalia, but recent molecular studies indicate that it is closely related to the New World Sophophora.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Bächli, G. (1999-2010). TaxoDros: The Database on Taxonomy of Drosophilidae. Available at Web site: Welcome to T a x o D r o S . 2006-02-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060209011323/http://taxodros.unizh.ch/ . 2006-02-09 .
2. O'Grady, P. and R. DeSalle (2008). Out of Hawaii: the origin and biogeography of the genus Scaptomyza (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Biology Letters 4:195-199.
3. van der Linde, K., Houle, D., Spicer, G. S. & Steppan, S. J. (2010). A supermatrix-based molecular phylogeny of the family Drosophilidae. Genetics Research 92, 25-38.