Hirtodrosophila
Hirtodrosophila trivittata on Pleurotus ostreatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Tribe: Drosophilini
Subtribe: Drosophilina
Infratribe: Drosophiliti
Genus: Hirtodrosophila
Duda, 1924
Type species
Drosophila latifrontata
Fronta-Pessoa, 1954
Species groups

10

Synonyms
  • Dasydrosophila Duda, 1925

Hirtodrosophila is a genus of fruit flies from the family Drosophilidae. Originally Hirtodrosophila was a subgenus of the genus Drosophila. It was raised to the status of genus by Grimaldi in 1990.[1]

Description

The third antennal segment is large, with unusually long setae. Arista with one ventral branch, and anterior reclinate orbital bristle fine. Ventral receptacle in the form of loops, folded flat against the ventral surface of the vagina.[2]

Distribution

Worldwide, though most species are tropical or subtropical in distribution.[2]

Biology

Where known, all species are associated with fungi,[2] which is the preferred larval food.[3]

Species

There are approximately 150 described species divided into ten species groups.[2]

References

  1. ^ Grimaldi, David A. (1990). "A phylogenetic, revised classification of genera in the Drosophilidae (Diptera)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (197). hdl:2246/888.
  2. ^ a b c d Bächli, Gerhard; Vilela, Carlos R.; Escher, Stefan Andersson; Saura, Anssi (2004). The Drosophilidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark (hardback). Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 39. Leiden: Brill. p. 245. ISBN 90-04-14074-3.
  3. ^ Shorrocks, B. (1972). Invertebrate types: Drosophila. London: Ginn & Co. pp. 144 pp. ISBN 0-08-025941-3.
  4. ^ a b Sturtevant, A.H. (1918). "A synopsis of the Nearctic species of the genus Drosophila (sensu lato)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 38: 441–446. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. ^ Staeger, R.C. (1844). "[Bemærkninger til slægten Drosophila. [Notes on the genus Drosophila.]] - Pp. 16-18 in: J.C. Schiodte: Forhandlinger i det skandinaviske entomologiske Selskab". Naturh. Tidsskr. 1 (2): 16–70.
  6. ^ a b Malloch, J.R. (1924). "Notes on Australian Diptera. No. iv". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49: 348–359. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b Williston, Samuel Wendell (1896). "On the Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies)". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1896: 253–446, pls. 8–14. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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