Drosophila busckii is a species of fruit fly that is native to North America, though it now also occurs in Asia, Europe, Oceania and South America.[1] It can be identified by the presence of dark stripes on the thorax (including a trident shape on the mesonotum) and the wings being transparent with no markings.[2] Mostly it is associated with rotten potatoes.[3] In the laboratory they are normally reared on Wheeler-Clayton food.
Drosophila busckii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Drosophilidae |
Subfamily: | Drosophilinae |
Genus: | Drosophila |
Subgenus: | Dorsilopha |
Species: | D. busckii
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Binomial name | |
Drosophila busckii Coquillett, 1901
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References
edit- ^ "Drosophila busckii". www.cabi.org. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ Miller, M. E.; Marshall, S. A.; Grimaldi, D. A. "A Review of the Species of Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and Genera of Drosophilidae of Northeastern North America". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 31. doi:10.3752/cjai.2017.31.
- ^ Niswonger, H. R. (1911). "Two Species Of Diptera Of The Genus Drosophila" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). The Ohio Naturalist. 11 (8). Ohio: 374–377. Retrieved 2009-07-16.