Biology:Drosophila immigrans

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Short description: Species of fly

Drosophila immigrans
Drosophila immigrans
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Genus: Drosophila
Species:
D. immigrans
Binomial name
Drosophila immigrans
Sturtevant, 1921

Drosophila immigrans is a species of vinegar fly in the family Drosophilidae.[1][2][3][4] Drosophila immigrans is a member of the Immigrans-tripunctata radiation of the subgenus Drosophila. It is related to the Drosophila quinaria and Drosophila testacea species groups, and the fellow Immigrans species group member Drosophila albomicans. Drosophila immigrans has been used in evolutionary studies to understand how viruses evolve with their hosts.[5]

References

Further reading

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

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