List of Drosophila species explained

Drosophila is a genus of flies of the family Drosophilidae. It comprises over 1600 described species,[1] [2] but is estimated to have several thousands.[3] Alfred Sturtevant divided Drosophila into a number of subgenera, including Drosophila, Sophophora, and Dorsilopha.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bächli . Gerhard . 20 January 2022 . The database on Taxonomy of Drosophilidae . TaxoDros.
  2. O’Grady . Patrick M. . DeSalle . Rob . 1 May 2018 . Phylogeny of the Genus Drosophila . Genetics . 209 . 1 . 1–25 . 10.1534/genetics.117.300583. 29716983 . 5937177 .
  3. Book: Patterson, Colin . Evolution . Cornell University Press . 1999 . 0-8014-8594-0 .
  4. Sturtevant, A. H. (1939). On the subdivision of the genus Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 25, 137–141.